Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Auction Archive consisting of a Maltese Cross

consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized flames

the bottom covered in a midnight blue thatched paper

so that he was forced to retire in 1928 to the island of Sylt

with its mint and unissed period original ribbon

in his role as the Grand-Master of the Portuguese Honorific Orders

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Auction Archive consisting of a Maltese Cross(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered and toned 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 an integral catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of