Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Auction Archive capturing Smolensk during the summer

capturing Smolensk during the summer of 1941

16mm (w) x 22

A Nationalsozialistische Lehrerbund membership badge

the silvering having been added in the field to give the impression that it is an officer's badge

or police green)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Auction Archive capturing Smolensk during the summer(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, in turn situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 52 mm (w) x 53. 89 mm (h), weighing 27. 6 grams, an unusually well preserved zink example in