Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge visually-hidden (Ostdeutsche Ausstellung Erinnungsplakette)

(Ostdeutsche Ausstellung Erinnungsplakette)

the reverse marked “TREBLE GILT STAND

After the war ended there was no apparent attempt to call in the war service badges

5 mm (w) x 63

very fine with some scuffing and creasing of the edges

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge visually-hidden (Ostdeutsche Ausstellung Erinnungsplakette)(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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 56. 76 mm