Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge United Republic of Footnote: The 2nd Polish Corps

Footnote: The 2nd Polish Corps was established in 1944

on a piece of tattered ribbon as worn

Pilot’s Badge – by maker Gebrüder Schneider A G Wien

with a SS logo embroidered into it using black threading

Footnote: The R-Boat R230 was commissioned in 1944 and became operational within the 14th Räumbootsflottille

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge United Republic of Footnote: The 2nd Polish Corps(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 06 mm (w) x 53. 32 mm (h), weighing 32. 0 grams, in near extremely fine condition.