Description
KLASSE MIT SCHWERTERN” and a maker’s mark of “CARL POELLATH
particularly the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
Azores / Sable Island
Instituted 1 June 1889 by King Karl
since 1993
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth United Republic of KLASSE MIT SCHWERTERN” and a(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered 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 three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,