Description
first version with "Acta Non Verba" (Deeds Not Words) ribbon banner
His funeral
73mm (w) x 15
and Military Long Service Decoration
Footnote: The Order of the Double Dragon
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Auction Archive first version with "Acta Non(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