Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Integral Eagle Variant, by G.H. Osang Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He signed his CEF Attestation

He signed his CEF Attestation Paper as a Lieutenant with the 16th Infantry Battalion

Their efforts were crucial in securing the high ground

the shrapnel wound in France to his right knee on August 10

over a bed of dark-green machine-embroidery

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Late-War Integral Eagle Variant, by G.H. Osang Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He signed his CEF Attestation(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 an integral Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaying a stylized cloud from which a lightning bolt emanates and strikes the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a late war