Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse with a barrel

the reverse with a barrel hinge and fluted horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch

maker marked “Foerster & Barth” on the reverse

obverse illustrating a coat-of-arms bearing a lion holding a key above three waves

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted by Queen Isabel II on August 3

corrosion on left upper side

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse with a barrel(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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked