Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed ""WAR WITH GERMANY"" above

inscribed ""WAR WITH GERMANY"" above and ""1917-1919"" below

defining the elements involved in their designs

obverse illustrating a colonial woman in the centre

experiencing a fainting spell

In order to prevent the rescue of prisoners of war by what the Japanese perceived as the advancing Allies

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed ""WAR WITH GERMANY"" above(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, around a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 82 mm (w) x 53. 91 mm (h), weighing 24. 1 grams, a rare example of a zink badge retaining virtually all of its