Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver GTRexclude some wear to iron core

some wear to iron core

at the age of 86 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery

(51979 PTE

measures 61 mm (w) x 47 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver GTRexclude some wear to iron core(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika and joined together at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, 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 with a vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,