Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badges, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Hold the doctor noted that "pains

the doctor noted that "pains continued to bother him and (that Flood) had occasional attacks of pain"

the reverse bears the inscription DER TAPFERKEIT encircled by a wreath

" and marked "STR

surrounded by Latin inscription AXII ALTIORAPETO in superposed silver lettering

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badges, by Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Hold the doctor noted that "pains(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, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a crimped base, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Rudolf Karneth & Shne, Gablonz, measuring