Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold constructed of a single sheet

constructed of a single sheet of magnetic molybdenum steel which retains the majority of it’s original slate-grey paint

Combined Operations

brass spike has two circular ventilation holes to the "neck" portion

A 1937 to 1942 pattern tunic constructed of Police-green wool

just three days shy of his nineteenth birthday

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Hold constructed of a single sheet(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, surrounding a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked, measuring 42. 86 mm (w) x 53. 73 mm (h), weighing 25. 3 grams, demonstrating loss of silver