Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold 5mm(width) x 61mm

5mm(width) x 61mm

HK - Herzhausen” on underside

constructed of silver and gilded silver (marked “800” for silver content on the reverse

September 24

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold 5mm(width) x 61mm(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika and joined together at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle,the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback,