Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Archive The year is 1918

The year is 1918

in addition to exterior fading highlighted by the removal of decorations from the left breast flap

Original ribbon with the ends sewn together

Of German manufacture in silver gilt with white

A third reich period Kinderhilfswerk dontario badge

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne Archive The year is 1918(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 single visible rivet securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a