Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Late-War Example by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Province of China worn on the original triangular

worn on the original triangular ribbon

He is wearing a medal grouping on a suspension on his left breast

including a studio portrait of Rall in a Hauptmann’s uniform and wearing the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

bearing a central machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “DEUTSCHLAND” in Fraktur script

when they lost the contact

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Late-War Example by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Province of China worn on the original triangular(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze) Constructed of bronzed feinzink, 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch