Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction where it surrendered to US

where it surrendered to US Forces in May of 1945

(Medalla del Yatay)

the medal attributed only to officers

” (FOR SERVICES IN THE HJ)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction where it surrendered to US(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 crimped and flattened