Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive in painted pressed paper

in painted pressed paper

" on the back panel

1916 to duty

the obverse bearing an “X” in the centre to represent ten years of service

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive in painted pressed paper(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,