Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 35 Year Membership

35 Year Membership

and again on January 27

71mm x 50mm

issued on board the battleship “Tirpitz” on 20 April 1944

seven letters from Soldat Xaver Widmann

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 35 Year Membership(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 hollow, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 56 mm (w) x 52. 96 mm (h), weighing 15. 2 grams, demonstrating moderate loss of silver finish