Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge

(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of oval silvered feinzink; 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; measuring 43.48 mm (w) x 53.07 mm (h); weighing 31.4 grams; better than very fine condition.

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