Germany, Heer. A General Assault Badge Auction Archive (1941-Present Issue)

(1941-Present Issue)

measuring 207 mm (w) x 133 mm (h)

Andover from 1948 to 1949

just three days shy of his nineteenth birthday

being held and supported by the Virgin Mary

Germany, Heer. A General Assault Badge Auction Archive (1941-Present Issue)(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by 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. 68 mm (w) x 53. 92 mm (h), weighing 30. 4 grams, loss of silver finish evident, in overall better than very fine