Nazi German WWII Infantry Assault Badge by Manufacturer R.S.S. ‘Richard Simm and Sohne’ Signed and Stamped Certificates of Ownership and Christian Remembrance Card for a Josef Maier Dated 1942. N 178. Nazi German WWII Infantry Assault Badge by Manufacturer R.S.S. ‘Richard Simm and Sohne’ Signed and Stamped Certificates of Ownership and Christian Remembrance Card for a Josef Maier Dated 1942. N 178. Antiques & Militaria

The badge was designed by C.E.Juncker of Berlin under the direction of the OKH and was instituted in the silver form on 20th December 1939 by Generaloberst von Brauchitsch. The criteria for the award were; to have taken part in 3 or more infantry assaults, to have taken part in 3 or more infantry counter attacks or combinations of 1&2, to have taken part in 3 or more reconnaissance operations, to have been engaged in hand to hand combat in an assault position and to have participated on 3 separate days in the restitution of combat positions. The clasp and pin is in very good order and the rear is stamped by manufacturer R.S.S. ‘Richard Simm and Sohne’. See pages 160-161 of ‘Combat Medals of the Third Reich’ by Christopher Ailsby. The accompanying named and dated certificates of ownership and Christian remembrance card dated 25th May 1945 make this set very desirable. The price includes UK delivery. N 178.