Infanterie sturmabzeichen in silver, good or bad?

[Tshnabs]

Hi I’d like some opinions on this Infanterie sturmabzeichen in silver. Thank you

[GlennAgain]

The Badge itself is Original, but the Needle and the Catch appear to be Replacements...

[fischer]

This example is made by Funcke & Bruninghaus, Lüdenscheid and it's the Smooth Crimp variant.

Like most other awards that utilized the crimped-in hardware attachment method, it failed rather quickly and the makers had to return to the direct solder process.
Because of this, these F&BL crimped in ISA's are difficult to track down.

For me, with these pics, I cannot say for certain the badge pin and catch have been replaced.

Here are my examples to compare.

Best Regards, fischer

[Tshnabs]

Thank you very much for the information, greatly appreciated