Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth visually-hidden the interior with a purple

the interior with a purple satin lid liner and intact hinge cover

Early in the fight

78 mm (w) x 49

(Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth visually-hidden the interior with a purple(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,