Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, AS-Marked consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Institut d'Egypte was

Footnote: The Institut d'Egypte was a learned academy formed by Naopleon Bonaparte

measuring 84 mm (w) x 125 mm (h)

8 mm (h) x 64mm (w)

today it is awarded in three grades: Grand Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, AS-Marked consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Institut d'Egypte was(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a