Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Grossmann & Co. Auction Archive A fine quality manufacture Iron

A fine quality manufacture Iron Cross 1939 First Class by a well-known maker

illustrating an ornate Maltese cross

one tab pinned with a gilded bronze pip

modelled on those of their respective armies

to reward actions of outstanding merit

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Grossmann & Co. Auction Archive A fine quality manufacture Iron(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 round wire catch emanating