Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Archive circumscribed by a buckled belt

circumscribed by a buckled belt

Signature on Post War Photo: Hans Joachim Loser

with his left hand holding the forestock of the rifle

posthumously

the ends of which are stitched together at the rear and finished with a bow-tied maroon ribbon

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Archive circumscribed by a buckled belt(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 96 mm (w) x 56.