Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Hold exhibiting extensive bruising

exhibiting extensive bruising

Following the fall of the SA during the Night of the Long Knives (June 30 - July 2

The battle was fought for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium in the spring of 1915

Order of Hermenegildo

otherwise in a near very fine condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Hold exhibiting extensive bruising(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, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 45 mm (w) x 52. 75 mm (h), weighing 13. 9 grams, most of the silver finish has been lost and minor oxidation is