Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude occasional nicks and speckling

occasional nicks and speckling

Two holes and mark on left sleeve where wound badge once was fastened

mothing evident on the green wool reverse and strap

measuring 43 mm x 27 mm

with full original neck ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude occasional nicks and speckling(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). Instituted 20 December 1939 by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered fine zinc, obverse depicting an oval shaped oak leaf wreath topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika with a bow tie at the bottom, Karabiner 98k rifle with bayonet and carrying sling set diagonally across badge, maker marked with AS initial logo of Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart,