Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Auction Soiling consistent with light wear

Soiling consistent with light wear is evident to the interior liner and sweatband

a rare award in overall better than very fine condition

featuring a typewritten inscription elevating Leutnant Horst-Günther (rendered as Horst) von Fassong to the rank of Oberleutnant

Type II (1914-1962)

marked "SILVER STAR MEDAL" in gold on the lid

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Auction Soiling consistent with light wear(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 but