Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed 38 mm x 45 mm)

38 mm x 45 mm)

along with the others

Berlin - Gilded tombac

all the battalions were at work in France

the first of twenty-six contingents from the Netherlands arriving in early December

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed 38 mm x 45 mm)(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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,