Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive disembarking in Port Said

disembarking in Port Said

now reported Killed in Action"

1876 in Edinburgh

It was the first order of merit in France which permitted an Officer who was not of noble birth to be named a Knight

dated October 11

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive disembarking in Port Said(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile 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 with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,