Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude Trupp b (mot) 4)

Trupp b (mot) 4)

raised and commanded the Central Africa Regiment

on Atlantic convoys for at least a year

and to civilians for exceptional services offered during the First World War

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude Trupp b (mot) 4)(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central stylized lightning bolt emanating from a cloud and striking the ground, overlaid by a silvered Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire