Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Ground Assault Badge, Officers Cloth Version certificate_of_authenticity with an engraved obverse inscription

with an engraved obverse inscription that stands URUGUAYANA encircled by an engraved tied laurel and oak branches

loss evident in the light blue enamels on one badge

in front of the exterior of a building

43 mm x 44 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Ground Assault Badge, Officers Cloth Version certificate_of_authenticity with an engraved obverse inscription(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe, Stoffausfhrung fr Offiziere). Constructed of a dark grey wool base, the obverse bearing an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath executed in silver aluminum wire, topped by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika of identical construction, overlaying a stylized machine embroidered black cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 62 mm (h), a rare cloth version