Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive The battlewagon then protected carriers

The battlewagon then protected carriers in the massive air strike on Truk

A series of documents collected by the Wright Brothers’ nephew

with Cuba highlighted in green

A mixed pair of medals

secured with original zig-zag stitching to a piece of field-grey cloth cut off of an M43 field tunic

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive The battlewagon then protected carriers(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 three visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and magnetic (iron) banjo style pinback meeting a flat