Infanteriesturmabzeichen in Bronze

**humble collector** · 11-26-2023, 02:12 PM

A nice tombak piece with no makers mark

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 11-26-2023 02:12 PM

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**rbminis** · 11-26-2023, 03:29 PM

It's an unmarked Ernst L Mueller.
Not sure that it is tombak though.
Ralph.

**humble collector** · 11-26-2023, 03:36 PM

Thank you Ralph. I wasn’t too sure on the maker it kinda has a S&L style eagle , but the furniture didn’t match up to that particular maker. The badge is definitely not zinc in construction, and thus, a fallback of tombak was my guess

**Adrian** · 11-26-2023, 03:47 PM

It's a well preserved zinc badge in my opinion and going by the way the hinge and catch has been attached with the base plate.
Typical semi hollow rifle and bayonet and the oval ring as a guide for the hinge attachment. I don't know how many variants there are of Müller badges but I know there's another with the maker's mark around the wreath incorporated in the die with a backwards S and Z in Ernst and Pforzheim respectively.

**humble collector** · 11-26-2023, 03:55 PM

The preserved zinc may very well be the composition. I typically come across the zinc pieces that has lost the wash over time, or gets zinc ick. Thanks Adrian

**rbminis** · 11-26-2023, 04:16 PM

Here is my unmarked example,
Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber,Unmarked Ernst Muller
And my maker marked example,
Infantrie Sturmabzeichen in Silber, Ernst L Müller, Maker Marked
Ralph.

**humble collector** · 11-26-2023, 04:43 PM

Excellent resource. I gravitated towards the IABs and EK2s over the years. Just a preference I suppose I especially liked the LW badges.

**fischer** · 11-28-2023, 04:31 AM

Hello,

As Ralph stated, this is an unmarked Ernst Müller, Pforzheim semi-hollow zinc bronze grade ISA.

In regards to the material, the Müller examples were produced mid/late war in zinc and the use of tombak as the base medium for all Sturmabzeichen had long past.
That said, these unmarked bronze grade variants have a very nice finish and the thick golden coating does give the appearance of tombak.

Here is one I have to compare.

Best Regards, fischer

**humble collector** · 11-28-2023, 02:25 PM

Thank you Fischer. A lovely piece. I actually have a couple of others that are silver grade with the high luster finish. Muller did an excellent job on their works.