Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive referred to as the "first

referred to as the "first pattern" design

with a fifteen Pound Annuity given

padded crown

measuring 95 mm (w) x 43 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive referred to as the "first(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a Heer style 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