Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive its Variations and Markings”

its Variations and Markings”

he and his family spent the rest of the war as prisoners in several concentration camps

measures 19x23mm

inscribed “Per Aspera Ad Astra” (Latin - Through Struggle to the Light) in silver gilt capital letters

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive its Variations and Markings”(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 flattened catch, maker marked