Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Republic of Impressed around a rim (SOLDAT

Impressed around a rim (SOLDAT HERM

an unusual award consisting of a silver gilt Maltese cross with scaly arms and ball finials

maker marked “Fleck & Sohn

reverse illustrating a leaping lion facing left

circumscribed “PREUSSENS SIEGREICHEM HEERE” (PRUSSIA’S VICTORIOUS ARMY)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Republic of Impressed around a rim (SOLDAT(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