Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge in Silver

(Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika and joined together at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, 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 with a vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47.72 mm (w) x 62.35 mm (h), weighing 25.1 grams, in near extremely fine condition.