Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The left hand side rank

The left hand side rank collar tab features three silvered rank pips and two silvery rank stripes

the coat-of-arms surmounted by the Georgian crown and surrounded by a wreath of maple leaves

23 mm (w) x 64

Constructed of a white rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered

chipping evident in the blue enamels on the centrepiece

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The left hand side rank(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a vaulted 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch,