Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude Ritterkreuz I

Ritterkreuz I

One studio portrait depicting Schniewind in uniform and with the Knight’s Cross visible on a neck ribbon

A 1935 “Tag der Arbeit” badge

12 October 1937: Commander of the I

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude Ritterkreuz I(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, surrounding a 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 flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by an unidentified maker notable for also producing an