Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver United Republic of fire gilt aluminum receiving clip

fire gilt aluminum receiving clip on the left end

wrung them out as much as I could and put them on again

silvered zink buttons are pinned into each side of the cap

reverse inscribed in Russian "1812 This Glorious Year Went By

MASS" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver United Republic of fire gilt aluminum receiving clip(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika and joined together at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,