Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Auction woven into knots are each

woven into knots are each end

The interior forehead region has a black leather sweatband

original ribbon on a rectangular bronze suspension with pinback)

Footnote: this was highest Military award of Imperial Austria

with a gold bullion wire tresse

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Auction woven into knots are each(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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hine and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker