Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Archive small chip in the enamels

small chip in the enamels above the "T" in "NATIONAL" on the centrepiece ring

with a blackened eggshell magnetic iron core (magnetic)

dated 16 August 1918

and pinned with a single pip and Machine Gun device

and about 95% of the original finish on reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Archive small chip in the enamels(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, surrounding a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked, measuring 42. 86 mm (w) x 53. 73 mm (h), weighing 25. 3 grams, demonstrating loss of silver