Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Adolf Schwerdt

(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, in Silber). Instituted 20.12. 1939 by Generalfieldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939-1945). Constructed of silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, and a 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 ball hinge, and a crimped flat wire pinback, marked with the logo of Adolf Schwerdt on the reverse, measuring 48.11 mm (w) x 62.45 mm (h), weighing 31.8 grams, in overall near very fine condition.