Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with four prongs on the

with four prongs on the reverse

Instituted 1869

the following extract describing a costly action in the Liri Valley

He participated in the Somme and on the Arras front prior to returning home for a brief leave

TOSTRUP" (Jacob Tostrup of Oslo) and marked "

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with four prongs on the(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k rifle with the bayonet attached and carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,