Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac likely mid to late 19th

likely mid to late 19th Century

23 mm (w) x 64

chipping evident in the blue enamels on the centrepiece

the reverse centre bears the inscription “1877” on a red enamel background

Constructed of a white rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac likely mid to late 19th(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a vaulted 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch,