Germany. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive each with gilded recesses

each with gilded recesses

cracking and chipping in the white enamels on the bottom arm)

personally killing five soldiers

very minor enamel imperfections

Michael - Cross Third Class

Germany. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive each with gilded recesses(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). An oval shaped oak wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a 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 plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch; measuring 47. 15 mm (w) x 61. 85 mm (h); weighing 14.