Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Gau Münsterland Gautag Erinnerungsabzeichen)

(Gau Münsterland Gautag Erinnerungsabzeichen)

Imperial warrant

Herbert Sutcliffe

WOLLRAM JUN

each unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 50 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Gau Münsterland Gautag Erinnerungsabzeichen)(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 82 mm (w) x 53. 91 mm (h), weighing 24. 1 grams, a rare example of a zink badge retaining virtually all of its