Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac MODDER RIVER

MODDER RIVER

An X-Ray Report issued at Ogden on April 12

These were the only eyeglasses permitted to be worn in the front lines

each perforated at the top with an eyelet accommodating a drawstring which has been lost to time

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac MODDER RIVER(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 96 mm (w) x 56.