Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude Special Reserve (Military Wing

Special Reserve (Military Wing

1918 0930 46 Sopwith Camel (C1685) Albatros C (OOC) 1 N of Croisilles (Shared with 2/Lt Donald R

I was swinging gently down through the clouds

circumscribed with “DER SENAT DER FREIEN UND HANSESTADT LUBECK” (THE SENATE OF THE FREE AND HANSEATIC CITY OF LUBECK)

recovering from influenza

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude Special Reserve (Military Wing(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, set over top of a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with an integrated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round integrated catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 70 mm (w)