Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge Hold marked "P A"

marked "P A"

chipping evident in the light yellow enamels

Within a few days they were engaged in cleaning up their area: burying dead animals

New York World's Fair Commemorative Medal 1939 (in copper

including a 1914 Iron Cross

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge Hold marked "P A"(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 single visible rivet securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch