Germany, Wehrmacht. An Owner-Attributed Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive measuring 60 mm (w) x

measuring 60 mm (w) x 102 mm (h)

a German minority predominantly living in Slovenia were allowed to form a distinctive German-speaking regiment made up of entirely Germans within the Croatian Home Army

based on a design by Adshead and Ramsey

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Germany, Wehrmacht. An Owner-Attributed Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive measuring 60 mm (w) x(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 round wire catch,