Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold Constructed of field gray wool

Constructed of field gray wool with pink Waffenfarbe piping

We had not gone very far when the firing commenced again in our front

The inside of the cap is lined in a greenish-gold coloured rayon

Illinois in 1988

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold Constructed of field gray wool(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,