Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction under the Military Service Act)

under the Military Service Act)

in Gold with a white Maltese cross with red enamel framing and ball finials

Franklin's VI Corps

typical WWI period issue

Ferdinand I issue (1908-1918)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Auction under the Military Service Act)(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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integrated flattened