The collar tabs were worn by enlisted men and NCO's alike and are in silver bullion wire with green wool bases
enamels exhibiting only minor wear with only small hairline cracks to rings
The covering also contained material (such as cellulose nitrate and aluminium flakes) which Addison Bain and other experts claim are highly flammable when combined in the right proportions
Just published by Croatian author Borna Barac who worked on this project for five years
Lyon with a strength of 23 officers and 424 other ranks
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, C. 1943, By Rudolf Karneth Auction The collar tabs were worn(Luftwaffe Erdkampfabzeichen). Instituted on 31. 3. 1942 by Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Gring. (Issued 1942 1945). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, the obverse with an oval oak leaf wreath with a ribbon on the bottom and a Luftwaffe eagle with outspread wings on the top, with a cloud towards the top and a lightning bolt striking the ground, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, with a crimped sheet metal hinge and a