Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive number 5 and two stars

number 5 and two stars attached to ribbon

ordinary soldiers and agents of the police and auxiliary service for acts of bravery in the course of security operations or the maintenance of law and order

A grouping of five NS-RKB (Nationalsozialistische Reichskriegerbund/National Socialist Reichs Warrior Veteran’s League) membership pins and badges

that day also marked the surrender of the last German garrison

enamel scratched and chipped

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive number 5 and two stars(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. 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 wire pinback, a crimped ball hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; measuring 47. 16 mm (w) x 62.