Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold A Merit Medal

A Merit Medal

Illinois in 1988

-  (886035 A

each measuring 45 mm (w) x 90 mm (l)

We had not gone very far when the firing commenced again in our front

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold A Merit Medal(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,