Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude Lord Minto

Lord Minto

with a central rosette within a circular laurel wreath

Mary Dalziel Robson of Johannesburg

gilded and enameled

with silver edges

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude Lord Minto(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating