Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 60 mm x 112 mm)

60 mm x 112 mm)

after the war

on a 43 mm long needle pin

Footnote: Franz Joss was born on 13 March 1902 in Budapest

suspended from a traditional Spanish-style horizontal broach with pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 60 mm x 112 mm)(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Instituted June 1st, 1940. 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, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 0 mm (w) x 53. 1 mm (l), weighing 33. 75 grams, with approximately