Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive date marked "a" (1916)

date marked "a" (1916)

Private Duffwas wounded at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9

A well made badge in solid silver

42 mm x 108 mm

081 other ranks and served in France and Belgium with the 4th Infantry Brigade

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive date marked "a" (1916)(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in bronzed feinzink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. 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 plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a crimped sheet metal hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; measuring 47. 34 mm