Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive entered World War I

entered World War I

In bronze or bronzed metal

It is possible that the examples offered were retrieved from either an academy or Waffen-SS unit

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Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive entered World War I(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k rifle with the bayonet attached and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,