Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, High Catch Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity and AB maker mark

and AB maker mark

marked with a manufacture date of “43” circumscribed by an illegible maker’s mark

An early 1927 pattern SA/SS Cap Eagle (Mützenabzeichen)

surrounding a central raised inscription of “FÜR 25 JÄHRIGE TREUE MITARBEIT” (“FOR 25 YEARS OF LOYAL EMPLOYMENT”)

(Braunschweig Feuerschutzpolizei Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, High Catch Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity and AB maker mark(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 round wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Alois Rettenmaier, Schwbisch Gmnd,