Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Blade mint

Blade mint

also marked with Dutch import/duty mark "vreemd" for objects used between 1906 and 1953

Some soiling is evident the dust jacket is missing

cypher of Nikola I in the centre

Kriegsmarine Officer's Visor Wreath and Cap Eagle

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Blade mint(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). A unique example of the Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, constructed of a zink base, plated with copper, and finished with a silver coating, 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, the eagle set over a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge