Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Fritz Zimmermann & Söhne Of Lüdenscheid Hold ISD1909" with an engraved animal

ISD1909" with an engraved animal insignia on the stickpin receiver

and someone try to convert this badge (it appears most likely) into a belt buckle

Silver with orange enamels

" The first attack took place on May 25

stating that he had eighteen months' previous service with the 4th Shropshire Light Infantry in South Africa

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Fritz Zimmermann & Söhne Of Lüdenscheid Hold ISD1909" with an engraved animalA scarce example by this maker; a silver grade Infantry Assault Badge Infanterie Sturmabzeichen; in silvered zink; with a vertical needle style pinback, with a sheet metal hinge and a rounded wire catch; maker marked with the stylized logo for Fritz Zimmermann & Shne, Zimmermann manufacture; measuring 62. 83 mm x 49. 08 mm; with approximately 50% of the original silvering remaining; very fine condition.