Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed a Crucifix (multi-piece construction

a Crucifix (multi-piece construction

a diamond shaped pin constructed of silvered bronze and enamels

which is presumably the badge number of the owner

February 1945 to January 1946)

at the First Battle of Ypres

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed a Crucifix (multi-piece construction(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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,