Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Buy Now the lid bearing an embossed

the lid bearing an embossed a gilt inscription of “FLAK-KAMPF-ABZ

HM Coast Guard”

The unexpectedly large force required for South Africa

maker marked "Wn & Wb" (Mappin & Webb) and engraved to "GUNR

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Buy Now the lid bearing an embossed(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered 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 three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and magnetic (iron) banjo style pinback meeting a flat