Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction with a straight-edged banner attached

with a straight-edged banner attached to the bottom of the wreath

the military merit cross with slightly chipped enamels on the reverse

this dagger features a diamond shaped

Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank

47 mm (w) x 43

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction with a straight-edged banner attached(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, 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 with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback