Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Example, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne visually-hidden Territorial Force War Medal 1914-1919

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-1919 - (1323 PTE

with a depressed purple felt medal bed

150 mm x 213 mm

Awarded the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Badge in 1944

Schmidt was killed in action at the First Battle of El Alamein and died on 21 July 1942

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Example, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne visually-hidden Territorial Force War Medal 1914-1919(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating