Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne United Republic of Hesse-Kassel

Hesse-Kassel

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Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne United Republic of Hesse-Kassel(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Instituted 20. 12. 1939 by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Braunitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered feinzink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. 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