Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Auction before returning to New York

before returning to New York

in turn connecting to a Gold badge in the form of a German national eagle overlaid by a Hohenzollern coat of arms and topped by German State Crown highlighted with cut gems

New York in 1992

2) A Prussian House Order of Hohenzollern Knight’s Cross ribbon with miniature Swords

3 participation certificates for the Reichsberufswettkampf (Reich Vocational Contest) of 1936

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Auction before returning to New York(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics