Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, with Issue Package, by G.H. Osang consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac presenting stained enamels and minor

presenting stained enamels and minor toned silver

and a breakthrough to the Channel

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “JAGDGESCHWADER UDET”

the exterior fully dimpled

on loop for suspension from a period original ribbon with horizontal pinback

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, with Issue Package, by G.H. Osang consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac presenting stained enamels and minor(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). 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 silvered 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 rivet securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire