Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge Archive the reverse marked “PITT &

the reverse marked “PITT & CO

99 mm x 67

approximately 17cm x 11cm

A grouping of documents and a War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

fixed in place with the shell rivets

Germany, Third Reich. A Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge Archive the reverse marked “PITT &(Luftwaffe Erdkampfabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated 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 soldered on sheet metal hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch on a raised plateau, unmarked, measuring 42.