Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Julius Bauer & Co. Archive Instituted on 14 July 1942

Instituted on 14 July 1942

each measuring 95 mm (w) x 139 (h)

101st Airborne Division Jump Wing Oval (in red

Silvered tin

in silvered tombac and white and black enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Julius Bauer & Co. Archive Instituted on 14 July 1942(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 the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but