the exterior bearing a black dyed inscription of “WAFFEN-SS”
superimposed by a white-enameled cross surrounded by a wreath
also including a document for Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge
including one burning aircraft plummeting to the ground
involving no territorial changes
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Badges and Insignia GTRexclude the exterior bearing a black(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of badges and insignia, including: 1. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 57 for Boerger & Co., Berlin, measuring 48.