Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Canadian Forces' Decoration

Canadian Forces' Decoration

never contested by the Holy See or any civil or ecclesiastical authority

measuring 13 mm (w) x 17 mm (h) with a 50 mm-long needle

Upon arrival in Europe

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Auction Canadian Forces' Decoration(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a gilt 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 67 mm (w) x 56. 12 mm