Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge visually-hidden the reverse marked “TREBLE GILT

the reverse marked “TREBLE GILT STAND

with the crown bearing a black stamped mark of “LANDESLIEFERUNGS-GENOSSENSCHAFT “AGO” FÜR HESSEN”

before being transferred eleven weeks later to No

5 mm (w) x 63

(Ostdeutsche Ausstellung Erinnungsplakette)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge visually-hidden the reverse marked “TREBLE GILT(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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 56. 76 mm