Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late War Zinc Example visually-hidden the six o’clock arm with

the six o’clock arm with a initial institution date of “1813”

worn on a replacement bow ribbon (denoting a female recipient)

circumscribed by an inscription of “DEUTSCHES ROTES KREUZ” (“GERMAN RED CROSS”) in dyed black Fraktur script

striving to become a Wireless Operator

with the obverse bearing arabesque latticework interspersed with a stag’s head

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late War Zinc Example visually-hidden the six o’clock arm with(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Instituted March 31st, 1942. A textbook example of this award constructed of silvered and patinated zinc, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath, joined together at the base 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 is rivitless as is expected from a late war example, with an integrated