Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, AS-Marked consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Institut d'Egypte was

Footnote: The Institut d'Egypte was a learned academy formed by Naopleon Bonaparte

1944 and disembarking in North West Europe on the 4th

flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with two acorns

it was decided to increase this number to ten battalions

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, AS-Marked consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Institut d'Egypte was(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a