Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge GTRexclude with three intact screw posts

with three intact screw posts

chipping and crazing in the white enamels on the arms at 5 and 7 o'clock on the obverse

The Battalion sailed October 30

there was a brief moment of anxiety when a large man-of-war started out of the harbor

in turn ringed by a finely-enameled sapphire-blue border with the Motto “VIGILANDO ASCENDIMUS” (“Through Vigilance We Ascend”) in Gold lettering

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge GTRexclude with three intact screw posts(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a hollow background, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 42. 78 mm (w) x 53. 43 mm (h), weighing 23. 3 grams, the catch is missing, in overall near extremely fine condition.