Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff GTRexclude plus thirty-five Yugoslanian ribbon bars

plus thirty-five Yugoslanian ribbon bars

with scroll suspension and replacement ribbon

In keeping with the propaganda of the Nazi regime

His Yak-9 bore the inscription "За Родину" (For the Motherland)

OKTOBER 1938” circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff GTRexclude plus thirty-five Yugoslanian ribbon bars(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, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Arbeitsgemeinschaft