Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction (Gehänge für den Offiziersdolch)

(Gehänge für den Offiziersdolch)

with a red field flanked by three white and two red alternating stripes

A group of five Heer (Army) uniform eagle insignia

" (Patent Pending) and "STERLING" on the reverse

measuring 59mm in navy blue wool base with a machine embroidered pip in silvery/grey threads

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction (Gehänge für den Offiziersdolch)(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of 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 with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,