Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver Archive measuring 26 mm (l) x

measuring 26 mm (l) x 108 mm (w) x 139 mm (h)

1945 he was promoted to the rank of Gefreiter

They are meant to be put next to each other to combine into a complete flight path

Near the ricasso is a maker’s mark reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN SOLINGEN”

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver Archive measuring 26 mm (l) x(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile 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 with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,