Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac blue-enameled cross with obverse gilt

blue-enameled cross with obverse gilt centerpiece depicting the profile of José Matías Delgado

29 mm (w) x 33

constructed of Bois Durci

in Action and Out

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac blue-enameled cross with obverse gilt(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating