Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth United Republic of Two-Level Five-Ribbon Ribbon Bar (War

Two-Level Five-Ribbon Ribbon Bar (War Merit Cross

named to “KAROLINE HAUKE” of Pressburg (Bratislava)

and at Southsea

situated within a white border with his handwritten signature applied across the lower edge

hollow center construction

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth United Republic of Two-Level Five-Ribbon Ribbon Bar (War(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered 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 eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,