Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Alois Rettenmaier Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Commanding the Canadian Corps

Commanding the Canadian Corps

with gilded rank pip on board

and with sewn “26” on top

under his real name

constructed of padded dark navy blue wool with multi-coloured cellon and aluminum wire embroidery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Alois Rettenmaier Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Commanding the Canadian Corps(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, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a rectangular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Alois Rettenmaier, Schwbisch