Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac German Mother's Cross - Gold

German Mother's Cross - Gold Grade

along with a loop sewn in place at the collar for hanging the blouse from a hook

(ii) Navy Good Conduct Medal with Bronze Star

and was subsequently awarded the Navy Cross posthumously

maker marked on the obverse “F

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac German Mother's Cross - Gold(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire