Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold Aluminum eagle

Aluminum eagle

with multiple wartime photographs and illustrations

He was killed by friendly fire in the vicinity of Leningrad on 22 January 1942

chipping evident in the white enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Hold Aluminum eagle(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, around a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the reverse maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 42. 60 mm (w) x 53. 14 mm (h), weighing 32. 8