Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction 45 mm (w) x 50

45 mm (w) x 50

with the crown of the helmet lightly crushed from storage

Naming is officially impressed on the DCM

type with Violet eagle

Footnote: The Order was instituted with other Somali awards following independence in 1960

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction 45 mm (w) x 50(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,