Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive original pentagonal

original pentagonal

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the green enamels on the laurel bushels mostly lost through time

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Measuring 105x147mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive original pentagonal(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 wreathed 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,