Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive his remains were returned to

his remains were returned to the United States and re-interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

with patinated steel scabbard

Striking fiercely in valiant defense of our surface force

displaying the maker label

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive his remains were returned to(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,