Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, C. 1943 GTRexclude First Class - Karl (1917-1918)

First Class -  Karl (1917-1918)

WWI Prussian Observers Badge by Juncker - in silver

blackened out caption and photo credit to Heinz Schroter Photography on the reverse

tightly wrapped with bright aluminum wire

measuring 145 mm x 92 mm

Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, C. 1943 GTRexclude First Class - Karl (1917-1918)(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, in Silber). Instituted 20. 12. 1939 by Generalfieldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered hollow stamped zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, and a diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse plain, with a vertical round