Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Auction Archive or police green)

or police green)

IRISH REGIMENT OF CANADA"

capturing Smolensk during the summer of 1941

the silvering having been added in the field to give the impression that it is an officer's badge

and Alabama Veterans Service Medal (bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Auction Archive or police green)(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, in turn situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 52 mm (w) x 53. 89 mm (h), weighing 27. 6 grams, an unusually well preserved zink example in