Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity 20 mm (w) x 89

20 mm (w) x 89

Mounted on length of original ribbon

attached to a long silver chain with a decorative silver pendant linked to the keel

Cuauhtémoc was an early 16th Century Aztec ruler who fought heroically and inspirationally against the Spanish conquistadors and was tortured and then unjustly executed by Cortés

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity 20 mm (w) x 89(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,