Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Grossmann & Co. Auction 10 mm (w) x 49

10 mm (w) x 49

The ribbon was to be green with narrow dark red or lilac edges

constructed of a green wool twill backer

award document for War Merit Cross 2nd

the reverse with a vertical pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Grossmann & Co. Auction 10 mm (w) x 49(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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, maker