Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed black-enamelled Iron Cross pendant suspended

black-enamelled Iron Cross pendant suspended from an Imperial crown superimposed over crossed sabres

measuring 65 mm x 46 mm

with the Battalion arriving on the front line in Belgium shortly thereafter

A 1937 Gautag Karlsruhe badge (16-18

During the attack on Russia Bruns was wounded in July of 1941

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed black-enamelled Iron Cross pendant suspended(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, tied together at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon and topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, 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 with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire