Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Auction 33 mm (inclusive of ring

33 mm (inclusive of ring suspension)

inscribed "LaDiv

A finely enameled blue Maltese cross set in Gold with eagles in between each cross arm

19th Infantry Battalion was struck off strength and discharged from active service in England

posted on 4 June 1917

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Auction 33 mm (inclusive of ring(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 a flattened catch,