Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Late-War Example by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Province of China bearing a central machine-embroidered silver-grey

bearing a central machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “DEUTSCHLAND” in Fraktur script

Instituted in 1971: in bronze gilt with red enamels

constructed of blackened magnetic metal with a black leather belt loop

when they lost the contact

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Late-War Example by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Province of China bearing a central machine-embroidered silver-grey(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze) Constructed of bronzed feinzink, 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch