Description
the text in the book remains unaffected
and War Merit Cross
measuring 32 mm (w) x 505 mm (l)
341143 Gunner Charles Henry Hipkiss
Type I with Brackets Around ""B
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction the text in the book(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with