participating in the Marianas Campaign
on a magnetic metal ribbon backer with a horizontal pinback with flat wire catch
1937 and signed in black ink by Oberleutnant (first lieutenant) and adjutant Schmidt
repair evident in the white enamels on the reverse of the arm at 9 o'clock)
Set into each breast flap are two non-pleated pockets
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of participating in the Marianas Campaign(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,