Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, C. 1943, By Rudolf Karneth Auction Just published by Croatian author

Just published by Croatian author Borna Barac who worked on this project for five years

The cap features a traditional high peak crown with tightly seated and even white corded piping

The covering also contained material (such as cellulose nitrate and aluminium flakes) which Addison Bain and other experts claim are highly flammable when combined in the right proportions

with an Iron Cross 1914 stamped into the obverse in high relief

Lyon with a strength of 23 officers and 424 other ranks

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, C. 1943, By Rudolf Karneth Auction Just published by Croatian author(Luftwaffe Erdkampfabzeichen). Instituted on 31. 3. 1942 by Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Gring. (Issued 1942 1945). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, the obverse with an oval oak leaf wreath with a ribbon on the bottom and a Luftwaffe eagle with outspread wings on the top, with a cloud towards the top and a lightning bolt striking the ground, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, with a crimped sheet metal hinge and a