Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Hold 19mm (w) x 72

19mm (w) x 72

piped with pink celleon

Footnote: Arthur Smith was born in Yorkshire

the reverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm II

reverse bears the date 10

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Hold 19mm (w) x 72(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch,