Germany. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge By Adolf Scholze Hold 103rd Supply Train

103rd Supply Train

This is the first (Lviv) issue of the decoration

reverse maker marked "RYRIE BROS"

documented as having been with the Artillery at Hastings in March 1917

The blade's reverse ricasso is un-marked

Germany. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge By Adolf Scholze Hold 103rd Supply TrainA second war German Infanterie Sturmabzeichen silver grade; oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered feinzink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bow tie 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 vertical round wire pinback, a crimped ball hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; maker