Interesting find. Need ID Help.

[John - Maryland]

I got permission to hunt the front lawn of a house that has been boarded up for a some years now and will probably be torn down. I had found a mercury dime 1942, and some Wheaties. I also found this medal. Don't know what it is, so I thought I would let you see it and maybe someone who has knowledge about it could give me some information. Thanks

 

[gear box]

My brother-in-law is a collector of WW2 stuff and is an expert on this stuff. It is German Infantry Assault Medal. Because it is corroded from being in the ground it is only worth $5-$10. If it has the pin on the back it could be a little more. But it is a nice find anyway.
Gary

 

[John - Maryland]

Thanks for the information. I can only imagine how it got there. My guess is that the guy who lived there was a soldier in WWII and brought it back from the war. Thanks again.

 

[digitrich]

Probably pulled it off the dead corpse of someone he shot. Don't just dig history...feel it Last month, I dug up the butt of a 17 century sword out in New York and I swear you could feel it's energy when you held it in your hand. Sat there wondering how many people were slashed with the thing. I know that sounds morbid, but much of history is violent and morbid. Dug up a "chewed" three ringer bullet in Missouri under an oak tree in a field....now why would some soldier be chewing on a bullet under a tree in a field other than an amputation at the time? I only wish I started this hobby 20 years earlier. Cool find on the Nazi medal, it only had to travel what: 6 or 7000 miles for you to find it.

 

[CONDUCTOR7E]

Monetary value in this hobby is not everything. That is one COOL find! Congrats!

 

[John - Maryland]

Thanks Guys. I know it was somewhat common for soldiers to take metals off dead German soldiers as souvenirs.
Found a couple of pictures of German soldiers and that Badge.

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