Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth United Republic of measuring 60 mm (w) x

measuring 60 mm (w) x 95 mm (h)

"AFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE" E BARTOLOMEU DIAS" 1935-1938" below the aircraft

and measures 132 mm in diameter

hallmarked on the ring with boars head denoting French silver manufacture post 1838

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth United Republic of measuring 60 mm (w) x(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 barrel hinge emanating from a rectangular base and vertical pinback meeting