Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive 1935-1945 Star

1935-1945 Star

An Austrian Twenty Year Long Service Cross - In bronze

5 Squadron

surmounted by two planes in flight in the clouds and framed by a ribbon banner inscribed "1940 16 CANADIAN FIELD COMPANY 1945"

a well-detailed example in very fine condition

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive 1935-1945 Star(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 a single visible rivet formerly accommodating an eagle plate on the obverse, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat