Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude with a black border inscribed

with a black border inscribed “Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Helferin”

Footnote: Claude Edward Fortin was born on April 17

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

and the reverse being nearly mint

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude with a black border inscribed(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