Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of becoming the 1st Battalion

becoming the 1st Battalion

572 third and steerage class passengers as well as a crew of 179 officers and men

securing in place a period original black leather frog with belt loop

The blade is plain with the exception of an illegible and partially-visible Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo above a similarly obscured maker code

the obverse bearing a raised and leftward-facing profile of a Dobermann

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of becoming the 1st Battalion(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,