Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, By An Unknown Maker Hold brown and black enamels

brown and black enamels

The photo is a post-war print and shows Englitzky in the rank of Oberleutnant zur See (Senior Lieutenant at Sea)

oval bronze medal

and is coloured warm grey with a criss-cross pattern underside

the Stars and Stripes newspaper is loose

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, By An Unknown Maker Hold brown and black enamels(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. Diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle; the reverse plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a crimped barrel hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; measuring 47. 00 mm (w) x 62. 62 mm