Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude 36 mm x 42 mm)

36 mm x 42 mm)

The spike base has two circular ventilation holes to the "neck" portion

and from there on to the Cher

against Russelheim on the night of 25-26 August

Footnote: Helen Marie Schaefer was born on May 15

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude 36 mm x 42 mm)(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with an oval oak leaf wreath with a ribbon on the bottom, topped by a Luftwaffe style German eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a cloud towards the top and a lightning bolt striking the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 41 mm (w) x 56. 23 mm (h), weighing 32. 6 grams, in near extremely fine