Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Example, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne visually-hidden A set of commemorative documents

A set of commemorative documents from the estate of Oberleutnant Hans-Jürgen Schreiber

on loop with its period original ribbon

Schmidt was killed in action at the First Battle of El Alamein and died on 21 July 1942

with a depressed purple felt medal bed

An extremely well-preserved Feuerschutzpolizei EM/NCO’s single-button M43 cap

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Example, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne visually-hidden A set of commemorative documents(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 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 single visible rivet securing the eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating