Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge By Rudolf Souval United Republic of Air Defense Decoration - 2nd

Air Defense Decoration - 2nd Class

the obverse with a centrally positioned lion

""1914-1918"" reverse

type with a ball hinge (hinge and pin are missing)

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 553 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge By Rudolf Souval United Republic of Air Defense Decoration - 2nd(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). A Second War period Infantry Assault Badge, constructed of silvered zink, presenting as 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