Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, By An Unknown Maker Auction and creating the Parachute Regiment

and creating the Parachute Regiment as well as converting a number of infantry battalions into airborne battalions in August 1942

the reverse depicting the Saxon Coat of Arms

with gray embroidered text inscribed "SACHSEN" below

with French silver hallmark on the ring (eagle's head)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, By An Unknown Maker Auction and creating the Parachute Regiment(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in heavily silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. 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 plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a crimped ball hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; measuring 47. 01 mm (w) x 61.