Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant United Republic of London Gazette 9 February 1886

London Gazette 9 February 1886 (Ginnis)

operating off the Pembrokeshire coast

Our battalion was one of the first line and we had our hands full for a while

and fought with distinction against the French in the Napoleonic Wars

each of the pockets lined in a thick white cotton

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant United Republic of London Gazette 9 February 1886(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k rifle with the bayonet attached and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating