Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Example, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Eichenlaub 16

Eichenlaub 16

each displaying double-sided patriotic imagery and messaging for the early years of the Third Reich

Queant is a village nineteen kilometres south-east of Arras

circumscribed “Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Example, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Eichenlaub 16(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating