Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive Grave VIII

Grave VIII

(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber

referred to as the "first pattern" design

with a fifteen Pound Annuity given

padded crown

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive Grave VIII(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a Heer style 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