Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Newly Listed and silvered rank pip

and silvered rank pip

5 mm (h) x 40 mm (w)

(Gebirgsjäger Edelweiss Ärmelabzeichen)

slanting inward throughout its length

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Newly Listed and silvered rank pip(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,