Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Buy Now affixed to a 49 mm

affixed to a 49 mm long pin

minor loss of finish to the nickel-plated elements

War Merit Cross First Class - In zinc alloy

The reverse ricasso is etched with a large diamond enclosing puma (a mountain lion’s head)

enamel chip to obverse 3 o’clock arm

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Buy Now affixed to a 49 mm(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a crimped and rounded wire