Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of nine black-and-white photographs of German

nine black-and-white photographs of German soldiers in uniform

with a camera operator

and their duralumin framework salvaged to build aircraft for the Luftwaffe

the interior bearing a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label with a secondary code of “366187”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of nine black-and-white photographs of German(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 stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a central visible rivet securing the eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round