Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Newly Listed the reverse in postcard format

the reverse in postcard format and bearing a handwritten dedication from the subject named as “HELMUT”

"FRANKLIN" at the right and engraver marked "CAQUE F

situated above size dimensions and a partially-legible manufacture date for the year 1941

and include some tarnishing and loss of finish to the blade and brass features

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Newly Listed the reverse in postcard format(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a narrow crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch