Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Hold mit angeprägter offener Krone)

mit angeprägter offener Krone)

Service Award (pre 1913)

measuring 19 mm in diameter with a 40 mm-long needle

the reverse inscribed “Albrecht der Baer Reg: 1123 bis 1170”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Hold mit angeprägter offener Krone)(Erdkampfabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak leaf wreath with a ribbon on the bottom and a Luftwaffe eagle with outspread wings on the top, with a cloud towards the top and a lightning bolt striking the ground, the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, measuring 43. 347 mm (w) x 56. 73 mm (h), weighing 33. 7 grams, in very fine condition.