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

He was appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major and promoted to Warrant Officer 2nd Class on August 20

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