Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, High Catch Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity A 1915 pattern EM/NCO’s buckle

A 1915 pattern EM/NCO’s buckle

(Braunschweig Feuerschutzpolizei Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)

Stroud served with 159 Squadron in the Pacific theatre after November 1942

and AB maker mark

Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, High Catch Variant, by Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity A 1915 pattern EM/NCO’s buckle(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,