Luftwaffe Ground Assault question.....

[Adrian]

Hello All,

A Ground Assault badge turned up today in my local medal shop.
It seems to be a good one however before I buy it there are a couple of questions I have.
It is made in 2 parts with the eagle apparently soldered to the badge (no rivets). I did a search on the forum and found that this is correct for the maker G.B. however the examples posted are maker marked. Did G.B. produce a badge with a soldered eagle and no maker mark? Or are there any other makers which produced a badge where the eagle was attached by this method?
The badges posted also show the catch mounted onto a round plate which was soldered to the badge, the one I am looking at has the catch soldered to a more oblong (with round ends) plate.
Is this correct?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
Best regards,
Adrian.

[skip]

Hi Adrian,

you mean like this?


http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...threadid=18714

[Adrian]

Hello Skip,

Thanks for answering.
Not quite like that, the plate on the one I`m looking at is not as long, and the catch is made from round section wire not the flat section as seen in those pics.
Please don`t ask me about the hinge as unfortunatley that and the pin are missing!
But still a nice badge at a bargain price though!!

Best regards,
Adrian.

[Joseph D'Errico]

Hello Adrian,

Can you post pics??

Best regards,
JD

[Adrian]

Hi JD,

Sorry, I haven`t got any pics.

Best regards,
Adrian.

[Adrian]

Can anyone offer any answers to my questions...........?

Best regards,
Adrian.

[Rich G]

Adrian

Try this thread. There are GB marked GAB's there. Hopefully you'll find a match

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...und+assault+GB

Regards

Rich