Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive the obverse inscribed “Für Kriegshilfsdienst”

the obverse inscribed “Für Kriegshilfsdienst” (For War Aid)

circa 1912-15

1917 during a game of handball

10 mm (w) x 37

one issued to cleaning woman Luzia Reinhold (b

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive the obverse inscribed “Für Kriegshilfsdienst”(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch,