Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Auction brother to the King

brother to the King

V - The Dardanelles and the Turkish Coast 1915-1918

with light-blue enamelled cross arms

above a gilt inscription of “DEUTSCHLAND ERWACHT” (“GERMAN AWAKES”) in Fraktur script

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Auction brother to the King(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 flattened catch,