Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Integral Eagle Variant, by G.H. Osang Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic clearly bearing a maker’s code

clearly bearing a maker’s code of “10” and a secondary code of “371150”

according to the class of the medal

the shrapnel wound in France to his right knee on August 10

both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 100 (l)

Their efforts were crucial in securing the high ground

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Integral Eagle Variant, by G.H. Osang Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic clearly bearing a maker’s code(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 an integral Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a late war