Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction 1942 by a shipborne scout

1942 by a shipborne scout plane south of Java and overtaken by a Japanese surface force

missing it backplate and liner and with minor loss of finish visible to the obverse

On being on (his) feet all day

City of Zurich National Exhibition Small Caliber Shooting Award 1939 (in pewter with blue and white enamels

flanked by an inscription of “NS I

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction 1942 by a shipborne scout(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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,