Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher certificate_of_authenticity soiled original ribbons

soiled original ribbons

royal cypher of King Ernest Augustus I on the reverse centrepiece and dated "MDCCCXXXIX" (1839) on the centrepiece ring

CAMPAGNA / 1° GRVPPO BOMBARDE / 25° GRVPPO ROMBARDE / 57° BATT GENIO / 7a BATTERIA SOMEGGIATA / 55a BATTERIADA MONTAGNA" within a wreath of laurel leaves

marked "KON

Gunner Ferguson suffered an injury to his left ankle and lower leg

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher certificate_of_authenticity soiled original ribbons(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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hine and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker