Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Auction Footnote: this was highest Military

Footnote: this was highest Military award of Imperial Austria

with a gold bullion wire tresse

original ribbon on a rectangular bronze suspension with pinback)

displaying minor signs of usage

the obverse with a central raised SA-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Auction Footnote: this was highest Military(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hine and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker