Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed marked "800"

marked "800"

a maker’s code of “M9/25”

Footnote: Both the Burgundy Cross and the firesteel were symbols of the House of Valois-Burgundy during their lordship of the Netherlands and probably are meant to recall its crucial unifying role in the history of the Netherlands

8 aircraft

23 mm x 65 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed marked "800"(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,