Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant United Republic of Civil War period

Civil War period

bearing a central raised coat of arms of the city of Lwów (Lviv)

Our battalion was one of the first line and we had our hands full for a while

operating off the Pembrokeshire coast

and fought with distinction against the French in the Napoleonic Wars

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant United Republic of Civil War period(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