Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive 18 mm x 14 mm

18 mm x 14 mm

Private Duffwas wounded at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9

081 other ranks and served in France and Belgium with the 4th Infantry Brigade

A well made badge in solid silver

date marked "a" (1916)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive 18 mm x 14 mm(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in bronzed feinzink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. Diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle; the reverse plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a crimped sheet metal hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; measuring 47. 34 mm