Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude A Luftwaffe EM/NCO’s tropical belt

A Luftwaffe EM/NCO’s tropical belt and buckle

in bronze gilt with red enamels

with 137 black-and-white photographs of RAD personnel training

the First War medals with a conjoined pinback

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude A Luftwaffe EM/NCO’s tropical belt(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). A unique example of the Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, constructed of a zink base, plated with copper, and finished with a silver coating, 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, the eagle set over a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge