Germany - Third Reich: Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, late-war zinc form, single-piece construction, needle pin, no makers marks, with period replacement receiving hook.
Condition: period replacement receiving hook, some of the silver wash to the wreath still present, Good Very Fine.
The Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge was instituted on 31st March 1942 by Hermann Goring. The general criteria for its presentation was the participation in three separate combat operations on separate days. Luftwaffe soldiers who had already been awarded medals or orders of the Heer such as the General Assault Badge or the Infantry Assault Badge, were required to exchange their badges for the Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe.
