Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade

(Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in bronzed feinzink, with a national eagle clutching a 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 plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a crimped sheet metal hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; measuring 47.34 mm (w) x 61.35 mm (h); weighing 27.5 grams; in overall very fine condition.

Footnote: This Infantry Assault Badge stems from the personal collection of predominant historian Thomas Durante, author of “The German Close Combat Clasp of Word War II - A Collectors Guide to the German Close Combat Clasp of World War II”.