Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Newly Listed 1878-1903 Issue

1878-1903 Issue

in overall near mint fine condition

measuring 98 mm x 57 mm

except for Hartpenning (Bavaria) and Stadtroda (Thuringia)

measuring 49 mm x 47 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Newly Listed 1878-1903 Issue(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika and joined together at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback