Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction A 1937 “Die Bayerische Ostmark

A 1937 “Die Bayerische Ostmark Ruft” badge

and is published as a specimen on page 133 of Gordon Williamson’s 2002 reference text

post-1939 version Reichsleiter bumper plate

illustrating a map of Spain in relief

Any protection at all besides a cloth cap was seen as an improvement with many lives potentially being saved

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction A 1937 “Die Bayerische Ostmark(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,