Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne Newly Listed (Wehrmacht Insignien für Ost-Freiwilliger)

(Wehrmacht Insignien für Ost-Freiwilliger)

The accompanying letter is dated to December 29

and signed in black ink

a 1934 Saarland propaganda badge

Commander’s neck badge in silver and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Richard Simm & Söhne Newly Listed (Wehrmacht Insignien für Ost-Freiwilliger)(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked