Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now 72nd Coast Artillery Corps (silvered

72nd Coast Artillery Corps (silvered bronze with black enamels

what appears to be "HeLen Meritt CoLumbus MO" faintly scratched on the reverse

denting of the scabbard ball

mounted to seven-pointed star base

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now 72nd Coast Artillery Corps (silvered(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,