Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By M.k. Hold Footnote: Gertrud Ciszweski

Footnote: Gertrud Ciszweski

28mm(w) x 44

200 mm x 255 mm

reverse with prayer inscribed in Russian Cyrillic

measuring 32 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By M.k. Hold Footnote: Gertrud Ciszweski(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked M.