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)

This is an outstanding example of the 1813 iron cross

The paper stocks range from a tradition stock

It was re-designated December 1

and its non-denominationalism contrasted with contemporary colleges such as Trinity College and St

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