Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Auction Archive 5 mm (h - to

5 mm (h - to top of crescent suspension)

while an additional length of identical piping surrounds the outer edge of the crown

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon on a pentagonal backer with a horizontal pinback

a obverse centre in Gold with white enamels exhibiting a superposed Gold figure of Saint Narcissus surrounded by the inscription “Del Sitio de Gerona de 1809” (Siege of Gerona in 1809)

exhibiting three dents on the exterior

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Auction Archive 5 mm (h - to(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a massive integral catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture