Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude August-September 1940"

August-September 1940"

and a List of Cavalry and Infantry Regiments of the British Army

light blue paper wrapped underside with "Warnung

measuring 88 mm (w) x 123 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude August-September 1940"(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered and patinated 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 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire