Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Early 1957 Issue Archive General Edmonds was not permitted

General Edmonds was not permitted to go along with his men

with small cracks in the leather throughout

He was later to recall that his only instructions from the Foreign Secretary Lord Salisbury was to "keep [an] eye [on] King Milan"

a Heer Gebirgsjäger sleeve insignia

53 mm (w) x 49

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, Early 1957 Issue Archive General Edmonds was not permitted(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). An early quality 1957 version reflective of period wartime insignia, in silvered zinc, the obverse with an oval oak leaf wreath with a ribbon on the bottom, topped by a Luftwaffe style German national eagle, with a cloud towards the top and a lightning bolt striking the ground, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 03 mm (w) x 56. 86 mm (h), weighing