Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Archive and Medal for the Liberation

and Medal for the Liberation From Fascist Subjugation (in bronze

46mm (w) x 96

The King is Grand Master

each panel and spine with its own gold-coloured ruled frame

the aircraft with a plastic cockpit canopy held in place via four pins

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Archive and Medal for the Liberation(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, overlying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge emanating from a crimped base and banjo style