(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 sheet metal hinge, and a round wire pinback, unmarked, measuring 46.70 mm (w) x 61.64 mm (h), weighing 27.3 grams, in overall near very fine condition.
Footnote: 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”.