Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of but without tears and not

but without tears and not folded

nine black-and-white photographs of German soldiers in uniform

the reverse maker marked "BB&B" (Bailey

The summer of 1916 saw McTurk encounted a bout of influenza

with a camera operator

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of but without tears and not(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 central visible rivet securing the eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round