Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Julius Bauer & Co. Hold and the Germans were driven

and the Germans were driven from the town

the reverse with an inscription of “FÜR AUSZEICHNUNG IM KRIEG” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR”)

Colonel Michaelis displayed outstanding professional skill in leading his regiment in the bitter struggle for the vital communications center of Carentan

where he suffered a broken nose

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Julius Bauer & Co. Hold and the Germans were driven(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,