Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac he was officially made a

he was officially made a candidate for the rank of an official in the Army

swastika and white circle edged by yellow celleon threads

measuring 21 mm (w) x 120 mm (l)

It was to be awarded to veterans who had fought in the Verdun sector (between the Argonne River and the town of St

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac he was officially made a(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked