Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth

(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of oval silvered zink; with an oak leaf border and a pair of acorns at the base, with a large Wehrmacht-style eagle with folded wings clutching a mobile swastika, and a crossed bayonet and stick grenade in the centre; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; an unmarked example, but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of “Rudolf Karneth” manufacture; measuring 42.17 mm (w) x 53.21 mm (h); weighing 15.2 grams; in overall extremely fine condition.

Footnote: This General Assault Badge stems from the personal collection of predominant historian Thomas Durante, author of “The German Close Combat Clasp of Word War II - A Collectors Guide to the German Close Combat Clasp of World War II”.