Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a boutonniere

with a boutonniere

and covering distances too small for bush planes yet much too great for walking

and broadcasting director and SS-Hauptsturmführer Richard Kolb (1891–1945)

She lived in Groß Gotteswalde near Sonnenborn

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 440 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a boutonniere(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, around a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse hollow with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 77 mm (w) x 52. 40 mm (h), weighing 16. 4 grams, with moderate loss of finish and slight oxidation evident, in