Superb, 'Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen' (or: Gen. Assault Badge ie. GAB) being a non-maker-marked, zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based: 'flat-back-variant' as was (presumably) produced by the desirable, Austrian maker (ie. 'Hersteller'): 'Wilh. Hobacher'

This is an attractive - and I deem only moderately used ie. worn - example of an: 'Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen' (or: General Assault Badge ie. GAB) being a non-maker-marked, zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based so-called: 'flat-back-variant' as was (presumably) produced by the (desirable!) Austrian maker (ie. 'Hersteller'): 'Wilh. Hobacher' as was based in the town of Wien (Vienna) and that comes in an overall very nice- (albeit just moderately used ie. worn-), condition. The badge is typical zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based example that truly retains all of its silver-coloured finish: it has a typical zinc-like age-patina (as can be seen on the pictures). This particular example comes naturally mounted onto its functional (thin-shaped- and/or silver-coloured-) pin (which is mounted on a typical 'mounting' and/or 'welded-on', wire-type catch as is more often seen). The piece is still very detailed and has a very pronounced appearance: the award has as stated above only moderately been used and shows some minimal wear on the obvious higher areas but was most certainly never cleaned nor polished. It originated from a private-household in Germany and was never before in collectors'-hands. I deem that this particular example can be attributed to the desirable maker: 'Wilh. Hobacher' as was based in the town of Wien. In any case an attractive and honest GAB-variant that is with certainty accordingly priced: it should be noted that this is a hard-to-find GAB that comes not that often for sale!

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