Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of nine black-and-white photographs of German

nine black-and-white photographs of German soldiers in uniform

Some eighteen aircraft and several hundred aircrew escaped the Axis invasion of April 1941 to the Allied base in Egypt

The summer of 1916 saw McTurk encounted a bout of influenza

with a camera operator

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of nine black-and-white photographs of German(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 Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a central visible rivet securing the eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round