Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, C. 1943 Auction separately attached horizontal pinback

separately attached horizontal pinback

in absolutely mint and unissed condition

maker marked “Carl Poellath

1919 at Whitby Military Hospital

-  In silvered bronze

Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, C. 1943 Auction separately attached horizontal pinback(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, in Silber). Instituted 20. 12. 1939 by Generalfieldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered hollow stamped zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, and a 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