Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Carl Wild GTRexclude packet extremely wrinkled

packet extremely wrinkled

but upon further research

it is made out of iron with a single mould casting

Recovered from the Bombered Out Zimmermann Factory: Zimmermann was a well known German manufacturer of a great variety of awards

which had confiscated an Irving plant and bought its patents in 1936

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Carl Wild GTRexclude packet extremely wrinkled(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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker