Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed A 1938 HJ Bann Untergau

A 1938 HJ Bann Untergau Sporttrefen badge

38 mm x 100 mm each

At the outbreak of the Second World War

on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie ribbon with horizontal pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed A 1938 HJ Bann Untergau(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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,