Original German WWII Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge Attributed to Arno Wallpach of Stuttgart - Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe Blunderbuss (PRISONER) 1917 with the initial

(PRISONER) 1917 with the initial M

The pistol retains an all wood ramrod which appears to be true to the period

The defaced tag was then turned in for scrap

Aside from the nuclear arsenal development and conventional military deployment

The knife appears to be originally produced by the Landers

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge Attributed to Arno Wallpach of Stuttgart - Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe Blunderbuss (PRISONER) 1917 with the initialOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition war time production German WWII Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge badge in zinc, with the entire badge a solid cast piece. Early examples had the eagle riveted on, and some other later examples soldered on the eagle. This example in zinc looks to originally had a silver wash on the wreath and eagle, with dark paint on the cloud and lightning bolt. The details are still very well retained on