Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, by “G.H. Osang, Dresden” Newly Listed retaining much of its original

retaining much of its original crossgrain

Note: during this period and until "discovery" of white gold in early Twentieth Century as a rule diamonds were set in silver

affixed to a card stock backer pasted with Scheuermann’s original award document

while in close proximity to the enemy

Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, by “G.H. Osang, Dresden” Newly Listed retaining much of its original(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Instituted March 31st, 1942. Constructed of silvered and patinated zinc, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath, joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, with magnetic vertical pinback and a flat wire catch, marked G. H. Osang, Dresden on the reverse, measuring 42.