Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Auction illustrating crossed downward-pointing Cossack sabres

illustrating crossed downward-pointing Cossack sabres

The starting point is the year 1770

case exhibiting wear on the bottom and in the fabric overlying the hinged area

An account of Warrant Officer Bobby Bunting claiming two Focke-Wulfs south-east of Rome states: "We dived from out of the sun and I identified the a/c as FW 190s

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant Auction illustrating crossed downward-pointing Cossack sabres(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 62 mm (w) x 53. 28 mm (h), weighing 23. 7 grams, demonstrating loss of finish throughout the base