WWII German <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Assault_Badge" class="extiw" title="en:General Assault Badge">General Assault Badge</a> (German: <i><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allgemeines_Sturmabzeichen" class="extiw" title="de:Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen">Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen</a></i>), a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Nazi_Germany" class="extiw" title="en:Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany">Third Reich military decoration</a> awarded during World War II to personnel of the German Army, Waffen-SS and Ordnungspolizei (order police) who supported an infantry attack but were not part of specific infantry units and therefore did not qualify for the Infantry Assault Badge. It was instituted by General Walther von Brauchitsch on 1 June 1940. <br><p>Photo taken by <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%C3%A9museum" class="extiw" title="sv:Armémuseum">Armémuseum</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Army_Museum" class="extiw" title="en:Swedish Army Museum">Swedish Army Museum</a> in Stockholm, Sweden, of item no. AM.085159 from the collections of the museum. <br>
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