Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed and Town of Smolyan Honourary

and Town of Smolyan Honourary Citizen (in a hardcovered presentation folder)

The 71 survivors were rescued by the U

as was documented in the London Gazette of June 23

with some loss of gilt evident

GAUNT & SON Ltd LONDON ENGd" on their reverses

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed and Town of Smolyan Honourary(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid at the top by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 46 mm (w) x 56. 59 mm (h), weighing 33. 7 grams, minor