Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude Of extremely high quality Austrian

Of extremely high quality Austrian manufacture

A mixed lot of signed Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross recipient photographs

the reverse with a world map circumscribed by inscription of “I

When the B-25s failed to make the rendezvous

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude Of extremely high quality Austrian(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 three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,