Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold missing its plates but demonstrating

missing its plates but demonstrating not evident wear or fatigue

A grouping of First War period items

Rover on July 9

Footnote: The Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (MVSN = Voluntary Militia for National Security)

116 of September 21

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold missing its plates but demonstrating(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,