Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction and a finger guard

and a finger guard

protecting a right-facing rifleman in a trench below

Some soiling is evident the dust jacket is missing

Above the title somebody has written “Feindpropaganda

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction and a finger guard(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). A unique example of the Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, constructed of a zink base, plated with copper, and finished with a silver coating, 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, the eagle set over a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge