Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Republic of opening with a functional bronze

opening with a functional bronze span button with exterior stud release and a functional magnetic metal hinge

on original full-length neck ribbon with a lightly soiled thirteen star horizontal octagonal cravat pad

5 years' overseas service

consisting of a gilded silver Cossack cross with green enameled arms and rays emanating from the center

situated above a facsimile signature of NSFK Korpsführer Friedrich Christiansen and an engraved award number of “526”

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Republic of opening with a functional bronze(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 distinct small crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire