Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Auction Archive on a metal ribbon backer

on a metal ribbon backer with horizontal pinback

the central star slightly loose

demonstrating wear

only minor contact to enamels

the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich August III

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Auction Archive on a metal ribbon backer(Allgemeine Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, surrounding a 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 emanating from a rectangular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Unknown Maker #6 as examined in A