Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Attributed to Generalleutnant Friedrich Stahl Newly Listed Ethan Briggs and John Smulling

Ethan Briggs and John Smulling

The Order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has earned special merits for society"

small areas of crushed velvet

etching SEAM above of buried date “1936/8” on the reverse ricasso

The reverse illustrates a vivid green Maltese cross with a floral design on another silk champagne backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Attributed to Generalleutnant Friedrich Stahl Newly Listed Ethan Briggs and John Smulling(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 round wire catch emanating from