Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive and the Ryūkyūs in January

and the Ryūkyūs in January 1945

displaying the maker label

and Civil Defence Merit Medal

extremely fine) to Scheuringer

3) A National Sozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung (national Socialist War-Disabled Support Organization) Member’s Stick Pin

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive and the Ryūkyūs in January(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,