Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity green and gold inks

green and gold inks

GOLD and enameled center

State and Nation

maker marked “Klein & Quenzer AG

The silver-plated

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity green and gold inks(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 a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker