Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold with a leather washer with

with a leather washer with the upper finished in black at the base of the blade

the obverse with a circular central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned cipher of King Ludwig III

Includes: Colombia

and below that

featuring its period original tube casing

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold with a leather washer with(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 cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire