Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Accompanied by a rank chevron

Accompanied by a rank chevron with double tress (for rank of Obergefreiter) backed with blue-grey cloth

silver gilt cross in red enamel

There are four buttons on the front at the waist

central Germany)

Violet Eva Pope of Toronto

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Rudolf Karneth Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Accompanied by a rank chevron(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a central 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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an uncommon hollow zink variant