Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Gottlieb & Wagner Auction Mary Balfour of Toronto

Mary Balfour of Toronto

It has experienced light rusting on the inner shell

and engaged it at about 7000 feet

group of ten awarded to Brigadier-General Malcolm Peake

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Gottlieb & Wagner Auction Mary Balfour of Toronto(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 flat wire catch,