Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Otto Schickle

(Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). In die stamped silvered tombak, silvered zink, presenting as an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, measuring 46.69 mm (w) x 62.21 mm (h), weighing 13.0 grams, in better than very fine condition.