Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 143 mm (w) x

measuring 143 mm (w) x 98 mm (h)

cross in bronze gilt (circa 1900 strike for museum purposes)

for service in the Spanish-American War

Finished under heat and high pressure

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 143 mm (w) x(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, on top of a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 44 mm (w) x 56. 88 mm (h),