Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge Hold A Scarce Balloon Pilots DLV

A Scarce Balloon Pilots DLV Badge - Silver flat metal embroidery on gray wool backing

Within a few days they were engaged in cleaning up their area: burying dead animals

and two punched holes in the front cover

set within a silver aluminum wire oak leaf wreath

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Ground Assault Badge Hold A Scarce Balloon Pilots DLV(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 single visible rivet securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch