Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive 1941 and was subsequently taken

1941 and was subsequently taken prisoner on December 25th

While operating his gun this man was hit in the shoulder by a sniper's bullet

he then took command of the 69th Brigade

they used it as a propaganda tool

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive 1941 and was subsequently taken(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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,