Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic in turn retaining a suspension

in turn retaining a suspension ring

the obverse bears the image of a monument with an angel on top and a background of trees and houses

Kiel Week became an instrument of propaganda for the Nazis

The interior fabric hinge cover is fully preserved

the flap flips upwards and reveals the dance card in white with gilt writing

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic in turn retaining a suspension(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, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 95 mm (w) x 54. 34 mm (h), weighing 33. 7 grams, an unusual example of a zink badge in near mint condition.