Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Archive (Kriegsmarine Offiziersbrustadler)

(Kriegsmarine Offiziersbrustadler)

seven with a pinback

scattered gilt wear and greening

Maltese cross in bronze alloy

coded in pencil "VIII 7/5 = 5012" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Archive (Kriegsmarine Offiziersbrustadler)(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, set above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 80 mm (w) x 52. 98 mm (h), weighing 32. 9 grams, with total loss of silver finish evident, in very fine