Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt GTRexclude silver gilt hammer and sickle

silver gilt hammer and sickle insignia on silver gilt and enamel base

in silvered bullion wire on Luftwaffe grey wool backing

Accompanied by an Army Air Force Aircrew Badge (bronze gilt

marked L/18

being promoted to Hauptmann (Captain) shortly afterwards

Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt GTRexclude silver gilt hammer and sickle(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, in Silber). Instituted 20. 12. 1939 by Generalfieldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, and a 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 plain, with a vertical round wire pinback, a