Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed A fine Wehrmacht Heer Crimea

A fine Wehrmacht Heer Crimea Campaign shield

(SS-Gruppenführer Kragenspiegel)

the obverse with a leftward-facing profile of Duke Ernst I

another 600 were lost in the 3rd Panzergrenadier Division's counterattack on the United States 1st Infantry Division on October 16th

5 cm (l) x 23 cm (h) (inclusive of spike)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed A fine Wehrmacht Heer Crimea(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 an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 96 mm (w) x 56.