Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive and it was only a

and it was only a question of whether these men would be uselessly sacrificed

Marguerette Butler

44 mm wide

because these troops often used poison gas

It is noted that in 1915

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive and it was only a(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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,