Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction one missing its pinback

one missing its pinback

soiling evident in the medal bed

Waller was promoted to Major in December 1884

wrapped around white cord at the shoulder end

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction one missing its pinback(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, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, on top of a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a