Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By M.k. Hold (Ostfront Medaillen)

(Ostfront Medaillen)

unmarked but known to have been manufactured by P

200 mm x 255 mm

scattered chipping evident in the blue enamels on the chequerboard shield

28mm(w) x 44

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By M.k. Hold (Ostfront Medaillen)(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 round wire catch, maker marked M.