Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, High Catch Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier Auction with intact screwpost

with intact screwpost

5 mm (w) x 64 mm (h)

41 mm (w) x 77

earning him the CVSM

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, High Catch Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier Auction with intact screwpost(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, surrounding a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Alois Rettenmaier, Schwbisch Gmnd,