Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Alois Rettenmaier visually-hidden with a functional push button

with a functional push button clasp

all in gold-coloured bullion

Air Gunner

measures 5mm (w) x 19mm (l)

He died five years later

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Alois Rettenmaier visually-hidden with a functional push button(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