Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive 43 mm x 41

43 mm x 41

with approximately 80% of the original bronze finish remaining

1812 and served with the regiment in the Peninsula in 1811

Not one had survived

marked L/11 on reverse

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive 43 mm x 41(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical