Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Carl Wild certificate_of_authenticity the interior collar is lined

the interior collar is lined with cream coloured fabric and bears four gilt attachment snaps

featuring a lion on a blue enameled field with white enameled surround bearing the motto “JE MAINTIENDRAI” (“I SHALL MAINTAIN”)

1918 (as per instructions of a Medical Board Captain

the reverse bears the inscription “WANDERFAHRT ZUR REICHSTAGUNG DES REICHSINNUNGSVERBANDES DES MECHANIKERHANDWERKS UND DES FACHHANDELS BIELEFELD 13/14 JUNI 1936” (Trip for the Reich Convention of the Association of Tradesmen and Specialized Trade Bielefeld 13/14 June 1936)

The Battalion sailed on April 25

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Carl Wild certificate_of_authenticity the interior collar is lined(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker