Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, c. 1942

(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, in Silber). Instituted 20.12. 1939 by Generalfieldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939-1945). Constructed of silvered cast 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 sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch, measuring 48.35 mm (w) x 64.04 mm (h), weighing 36.0 grams, in overall near 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 World War II - A Collectors Guide to the German Close Combat Clasp of World War II”.