Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Archive engraved "50 gew

engraved "50 gew

located above the badge is a gilt metal field badge cockade consisting of an oval with a red ring to the centre

Instituted in 1908 (in bronze gilt

with stamped aluminum faceplate affixed by 4 tabs

(2523661) RAF

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Archive engraved "50 gew(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, maker