Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Badge In Silver Auction Maidstone on November 11

Maidstone on November 11

Supported by sections of the neighboring division and its core regiment

weighing 259 grams

measuring 43 mm (w) x 48

and is commemorated on page 504 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Badge In Silver Auction Maidstone on November 11(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of 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 plain, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch,