Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By A.g.m.u.k Newly Listed National Republican Navy (Marina da

National Republican Navy (Marina da Guerra Repubblicana)

VI - Twenty Months in the Mediterranean

with small spots of oxidation evident to the obverse

In the first picture

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By A.g.m.u.k Newly Listed National Republican Navy (Marina da(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 three visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a