Germany, Wehrmacht. An Excellent Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Fritz Zimmermann Archive when he was in Budapest

when he was in Budapest during the Red Army’s siege of the city

It sits securely within a nickel-silver alloy upper crossguard

The Order became obsolete in 1956

two rows of braided light brown cord in the centre

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Excellent Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Fritz Zimmermann Archive when he was in Budapest(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 revere with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked