Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Archive adopt a kindly understanding towards

adopt a kindly understanding towards my peculiar situation

and Service Pilot badges were qualification badges of the United States Army Air Forces issued during the years of the Second World War

marked "80" on the reverse

8mm (h – inclusive of crown suspension)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arno Wallpach Archive adopt a kindly understanding towards(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, overlaying a cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a large integral catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture