Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, by “G.H. Osang, Dresden” Newly Listed A Ten Year Long Service

A Ten Year Long Service Medal

a Winterhilfswerk badge

Constructed of a dark grey wool backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

retaining much of its original crossgrain

Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, by “G.H. Osang, Dresden” Newly Listed A Ten Year Long Service(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Instituted March 31st, 1942. Constructed of silvered and patinated zinc, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath, joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, with magnetic vertical pinback and a flat wire catch, marked G. H. Osang, Dresden on the reverse, measuring 42.