Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive with most of its finish

with most of its finish worn off due to age

measures 36 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

Shell is marked "ET66"

It was taken during the fightings leading to the Russian re-taking of the city of Dnepropetrovsk from the Germans in late October 1943

Bergman later became a sportswriter and was handpicked in 1936 by the father of Swedish sports journalism

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive with most of its finish(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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch,