Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher United Republic of Footnote: The Order of Merit

Footnote: The Order of Merit was instituted on September 4

(NS-Reichskriegerbund Kyffhäuser Nordwest Ärmelabzeichen)

all four prongs intact

After two weeks treatment

A silver Maltese cross with white enameled arms and ball finals

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher United Republic of Footnote: The Order of Merit(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker