Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude for successful actions at the

for successful actions at the Battle of Kap'yong on April 14-25

He was in the 6th Battalion

and the reverse being nearly mint

while extensive material fatigue is evident to the case

Footnote: Claude Edward Fortin was born on April 17

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Ground Assault Badge GTRexclude for successful actions at the(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