Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by an Unknown Maker United Republic of thickly padded Luftwaffe eagle embroidered

thickly padded Luftwaffe eagle embroidered using gold cello threads

Its leather chin strap remains supple and its well marked W

measuring 83 mm (w) x 134 mm (h)

suspended from a traditional Spanish horizontal hanger with pinback

measuring 80 mm (w) x 48 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by an Unknown Maker United Republic of thickly padded Luftwaffe eagle embroidered(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a slightly vaulted 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 soldered on sheet metal hinge, and a soldered on catch, unmarked