Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden light wear to enamels

light wear to enamels

Footnote: John Salisbury Gemmell was born on January 24

bakelite and wood

the obverse with the inscription FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES above a large ship surrounded by icebergs and explorers pulling a sled in the foreground with the dates 1815-1855 below

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Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden light wear to enamels(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but