Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare General Assault Badge, Special Grade 25, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Auction Collegiate Hall in Sheffield on

Collegiate Hall in Sheffield on October 2

He is documented as having been Mentioned in Despatches seven times

gilded “GD” in tombac

(Hilfspersonal Armbänder)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare General Assault Badge, Special Grade 25, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Auction Collegiate Hall in Sheffield on(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 25). Constructed of silvered and patinated feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing a raised number 25, around a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with four visible rivets securing the obverse fixtures in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo