Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge Auction Archive marked "INTRODUCTION" on the front

marked "INTRODUCTION" on the front page with a red type overprint inscribed "Richard Wagner Festival Performances in Beyreuth 19th-30th JULY 1936 18th-31st AUGUST 1936"

A group ofmen who were descendants of Revolutionary War veterans gathered to celebrate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States

being one of just 27 individuals to be awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

the obverse bearing a central mobile swastika overlaid by a NSB-style Wolfsangel rune

Enlisted rank soldiers were eligible for the 7th to 5th classes

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge Auction Archive marked "INTRODUCTION" on the front(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in heavily silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. Diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle; the reverse plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; measuring 47. 36 mm (w) x 61. 89 mm (h);