Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude The Battalion was raised in

The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Battleford under the authority of G

horizontal pinback and hook on the reverse

measuring 24 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

When the B-25s failed to make the rendezvous

with a large unused space for the addition of a handwritten inscription

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth GTRexclude The Battalion was raised in(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 three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,