Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By G.h. Osang Auction Archive good quality in original case

good quality in original case of issue with fine dark purple bed

hallmarked (A

Queensland aboard the Dutch ship SS Vander Lijn for Milne Bay and operations in New Guinea

addressed to a recipient in Breslau

Directly beneath is a machine embroidered lemon-yellow signals Waffenfarbe soutache with a machine embroidered tri-colour cockade beneath

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By G.h. Osang Auction Archive good quality in original case(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 stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked G. H. OSANG, DRESDEN, measuring 42. 67 mm (w)