Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Bronze Grade Infantry Badge, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold In die stamped steel

In die stamped steel

the propeller with brown threading defining the spinner

maker marked “RZM UM 8” (Assmann & Söhne

when he was wounded on the latter half of the first day of action

who met in Boston

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Bronze Grade Infantry Badge, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold In die stamped steel(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in bronzed 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 ball hinge, and a crimped flat wire catch; measuring 48. 2 mm (w) x 61.