Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge certificate_of_authenticity (Allgemeines-Sturmabzeichen)

(Allgemeines-Sturmabzeichen)

such as discharge of special duties superior to the person’s ordinary work… highly meritorious performance of ordinary duties where these have entailed work of a specifically trying character

with its period original cornflower blue ribbon with its horizontal pinback sewn onto the reverse

1935-1940 - Two-piece construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge certificate_of_authenticity (Allgemeines-Sturmabzeichen)(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 15 mm (w) x 52. 86 mm (h), weighing 30. 1 grams, with most of the silver finish lost, in overall better than very fine