Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Friedrich Almendinger Auction Archive Republic 1910

Republic 1910

a collection of four Jastas into one administrative and highly mobile tactical force

overlaid by a German national eagle clutching an enameled HJ insignia on top of a cogwheel

and the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration by GO70 in 1907

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Friedrich Almendinger Auction Archive Republic 1910(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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, on top of a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 08