Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Gustav Brehmer United Republic of an American Defense Service Medal

an American Defense Service Medal ribbon bar

enamel chips on the coat of arms

The king accepted what he regarded as inevitable change but relations with the People’s Party deteriorated to the extent that the king chose to abdicate on March 2

with a brown leather belt

retaining a label bearing instructions for wear with a gas mask

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by Gustav Brehmer United Republic of an American Defense Service Medal(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, set around a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback, maker marked with the logo of Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, with a manufacture date of 42, measuring 42. 10 mm (w) x 53. 03 mm (h), weighing 31. 9