Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction 3 mm (w) x 23

3 mm (w) x 23 mm (h)

the cap band is pinned with an additional insignia consisting of a silvered zink alloy oak leaf wreath surrounding a tri-colour cockade with a red wool centrepiece

measuring 42 mm (w) x 14

1912 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II and was created to commemorate the centenary of the end of the campaign on Russian soil against the Napoleonic invaders

the reverse engraved with a membership number of “95411” and a maker’s mark of “JOS

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction 3 mm (w) x 23(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with