My first LW Ground Assault Badge

[Alex K.]

Hi,
today arrived my first LW Ground Assault Badge with document from Mr. Bendixen. The Badge itself is a zinc piece with Tombak eagle attached. The document has a late date and i think the recipient was in an interesting unit. Hope you like it
Best Regards,
Alex

[Alex K.]

back

[Alex K.]

and the document

[mrg]

Hi Alex looks good to me . Very nice condition too. Document has nice clean markings also. Very nice. All the best

[Marc Garlasco]

WOW! Life sure must have been tough in Jan 1945...great group
Marc

[Indy]

good catch Alex

it's a very nice late war LW GAB example. The finish is still remaining there. We can see some late war LWGAB lately and most of them with good finish, but yours is the best up to now

KR
Indy

[Graeme]

Alex

Very nice condition

regards

Graeme

[Darrell]

Very nice ... I have one the same maker ... anyone attributed this style to a maker yet?

[Joseph D'Errico]

Hi Alex,


I also like it.

Best,
Joe

[Mike Kenny]

good catch Alex

it's a very nice late war LW GAB example. The finish is still remaining there. We can see some late war LWGAB lately and most of them with good finish, but yours is the best up to now

KR
Indy

Hi Alex,

I can only agree that you have a nice genuine example (and doc) there - congratulations!

Indy, I disagree that this is a late war type though. I've seen one of these in a grouping from 1942. This type is one of the few with a tombak eagle - even 3-rivet RK and MuK5 examples, which are considered "early", have zinc eagles.

As far as I know, the maker remains unknown, although sooner or later someone will find an Osang marked example I'm sure

Regards
Mike K