Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude Royal Mail stamped in red

Royal Mail stamped in red ink

wear and scuffing evident in the paper covering on the bottom

83 mm (w) x 55

hallmarked with a boar's head on the tip of the ribbon below the wreathing on the obverse

marked with the Tudor crown on the lid

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude Royal Mail stamped in red(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 wreathed mobile swastika, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k rifle with the bayonet attached and carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,