Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Auction Archive He signed his Attestation Paper

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (164114) with the 84th Infantry Battalion

the obverse is a character vignette of Kaiser Wilhelm II dressed in uniform with steel breastplate and lobster-tail helmet crowned with a single-headed imperial eagle

both parts are present

His medical report at Netley Hospital on December 18

but numbered “52446” on the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Auction Archive He signed his Attestation Paper(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch which emerges from a rectangular plate, unmarked but