Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Hold 50mm x 94 mm

50mm x 94 mm

A Second War Italian-Croatian Legion Badge

The men of the Sharpshooters regiment were armed with various types of rifles

measuring 70 mm (w) x 100 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Hold 50mm x 94 mm(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of cupal, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, around 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 round wire catch, unmarked but consistent with a design tentatively credited to Funcke & Brninghaus, Ldenscheid, measuring 42. 55 mm (w) x 53. 87 mm (h),