Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Newly Listed as members of the "Blue

as members of the "Blue Division"

circumscribed by an oval wreath

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along with the loss of the cuff buttons

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Newly Listed as members of the "Blue(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