Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac his real birth year was

his real birth year was proved later on to be 1900

29 mm (w) x 33

in addition to one silvered rank pip

in Action and Out

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac his real birth year was(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating