Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive Harris suffered extensive burns to

Harris suffered extensive burns to all surfaces of his body

USS North Carolina returned to the New York Navy Yard in June 1839

with patinated steel scabbard

and the Ryūkyūs in January 1945

extremely fine) to Scheuringer

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive Harris suffered extensive burns to(Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered 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 eagle in position, with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,