Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed (Luftwaffe Bordschützenabzeichen

(Luftwaffe Bordschützenabzeichen

measuring 56 mm (w) x 66 mm (h)

Colonel Stephen Louis Garay was a resident of Fairfax County

Silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire

Grand Cross: silver gilt with red and white enamels

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge Newly Listed (Luftwaffe Bordschützenabzeichen(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central stylized lightning bolt emanating from a cloud and striking the ground, overlaid by a silvered Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire