Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne Auction The sidewalls and dome are

The sidewalls and dome are lined in a browninsh-green nylon

the obverse inscribed “Blank die Wehr rein die Ehr” (To arms with honour intact)

similarly constructed of nickel-silver and marked with eight notches

And that was Jack Hilger

with minor tearing visible to the left edge

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne Auction The sidewalls and dome are(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 barrel hinge situated within a crimped base and vertical pinback meeting a