Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude and the reverse being nearly

and the reverse being nearly mint

He was in the 6th Battalion

Footnote: Claude Edward Fortin was born on April 17

with a black border inscribed “Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Helferin”

obverse illustrating the conjoined right-facing busts of Francis and Empress M

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude and the reverse being nearly(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 three visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire