Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare General Assault Badge, Special Grade 25, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Auction Cloth version

Cloth version

the reverse bearing a brief handwritten inscription dated 1923

SOLINGEN" (Ernst Pack & Sohne) with the company's hammerman insignia in the centre on the ricasso

Fainted after working 3 or 4 times in (the) next few weeks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare General Assault Badge, Special Grade 25, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Auction Cloth version(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 25). Constructed of silvered and patinated feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing a raised number 25, around a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with four visible rivets securing the obverse fixtures in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo