Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, By An Unknown Maker Newly Listed Instituted in 1912

Instituted in 1912

5 mm and 18

reverse inscribed "PRESENTED TO THE GALLANT SONS BY THE TOWN OF MILTON IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THEIR PART IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918" and maker marked "ROBBINS CO ATTLEBORO

his regnal number (III) was the same for both Orange and England

and is overlaid on the exterior by a black doeskin wool cap band

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, By An Unknown Maker Newly Listed Instituted in 1912(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, 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 barrel hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; measuring 47. 00 mm (w) x 62. 62 mm