Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed the centre featuring a partially

the centre featuring a partially blue-enamelled insignia

and there is additional scratching and tarnishing of the metallic features

one colour plate of entitled "Private: Grenadier Company: 57 Foot: 1775" placed before the title page

1916 will be a “Day of Sacrifice” (Opfertag) for the German Fleet

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed the centre featuring a partially(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a gilt Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 67 mm (w) x 56. 12 mm