Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude in pressed gilded bronze

in pressed gilded bronze

with original ribbon complete with hook and eye

where he would serve with the 8th Canadian Siege Battery

where he graduated Course #41 on January 15

bearing four bands of interwoven brown thread and silver aluminum wire piping

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude in pressed gilded bronze(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 wreathed mobile swastika, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 89 mm