Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction with a single rivet visible

with a single rivet visible on the reverse

being an Iron Cross 1914 ribbon

with a removable depressed and slotted white doeskin medal bed

the obverse consisting of a central Romanian national eagle

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Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction with a single rivet visible(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). A unique example of the Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, constructed of a zink base, plated with copper, and finished with a silver coating, 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, the eagle set over a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge