Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Voluntary Aid Detachments emerged

Footnote: Voluntary Aid Detachments emerged in 1914

MAUCLERC / 14

demonstrating surface scratching and edge nicks throughout

opening with a functional bronze snap button and functional metal hinge

3 mm (w) x 25 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Voluntary Aid Detachments emerged(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