Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction and the Chateau must have

and the Chateau must have been a fine one with a garden all around it

all machine stitched

The two side fold-down panels are fastened at the front by two pebbled silvery-gray magnetic buttons

featuring a black-and-white photograph of a English tank that was captured by the German Army and painted with Iron Crosses

upon arrival in France

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction and the Chateau must have(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a Heer style 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,