Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching

NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

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

The tunic is unmarked with the exception of a size stamps of “41

with the reverse inscribed “For Military Merit”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching(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