Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold Duke of Lancaster's Own Hussars

Duke of Lancaster's Own Hussars

France: Unofficial Order of the Academic Palms

the star points alternating with five emanating gilt rays and five faceted rays

missing its plates but demonstrating not evident wear or fatigue

Footnote: The Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (MVSN = Voluntary Militia for National Security)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Hold Duke of Lancaster's Own Hussars(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,