Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude The Breast Star

The Breast Star

measuring 30 mm (w) x 31 mm (h)

printer marked "JOHN A

retaining a period studio photo of an unidentified Heer Enlisted soldier at the top right corner

This cross is relatively common in silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude The Breast Star(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 narrow crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch