Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Funcke & Brüninghaus certificate_of_authenticity with a national eagle perched

with a national eagle perched on the top of the badge clutching a swastika

As the Union Army of the Potomac retreated southeast toward the James River

exposing himself without personal regard to extremely reverse sniping and artillery fire

both are date stamped in black ink

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Funcke & Brüninghaus certificate_of_authenticity with a national eagle perched(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 reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from