Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive Turks Witwe

Turks Witwe

below is maker’s mark WKC (around 1880-1900 period manufacture)

original silvering still clearly visible in some areas) in worn condition

reverse with raised image of German and Italian soldiers grappling with a crocodile

and the victory number of the squadron

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive Turks Witwe(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch,