Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Alois Rettenmaier visually-hidden while four spots of stitching

while four spots of stitching repair are visible

He died five years later

with a functional push button clasp

in heavy cast silvered zink

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Alois Rettenmaier visually-hidden while four spots of stitching(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, surrounding a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a rectangular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Alois Rettenmaier, Schwbisch