Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Auction painted in aluminum

painted in aluminum

and Hamburg: Hanseaten Cross (silvered bronze with red enamels

with a slotted bed of identical construction

bearing a miniature

including a Friedrich II Merit Medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Auction painted in aluminum(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, around a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 51 mm (w) x 53. 63 mm (h), weighing 24. 3 grams, a rare example of a zink badge retaining virtually all of its original