Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, C. 1943, By Rudolf Karneth Hold Otto Dimmel

Otto Dimmel

Silver with red enamels

serving with the Royal Canadian Artillery

of typical IKOM Zagreb manufacture

silver frame (marked 800)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, C. 1943, By Rudolf Karneth Hold Otto Dimmel(Luftwaffe Erdkampfabzeichen). Instituted on 31. 3. 1942 by Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Gring. (Issued 1942 1945). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, the obverse with an oval oak leaf wreath with a ribbon on the bottom and a Luftwaffe eagle with outspread wings on the top, with a cloud towards the top and a lightning bolt striking the ground, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, with a crimped sheet metal hinge and a