Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of the interior bearing a fully-intact

the interior bearing a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label with a secondary code of “366187”

The summer of 1916 saw McTurk encounted a bout of influenza

the reverse maker marked "BB&B" (Bailey

Officer’s Grade

with a camera operator

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of the interior bearing a fully-intact(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