Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed on a white banknote stock

on a white banknote stock

unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Otto Schickle

at the age of 21 years

the third and fourth rows from the right end separated by a vertical slot

GAUNT LONDON" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed on a white banknote stock(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). A badge constructed of silvered zink, comprising of an oval shaped oak leaf wreath, both sides consisting of four upwards pointing leaves, the bottom of the badge has a stylized bow holding the wreath together, the wreath itself is crossed by the rifle with its bayonet pointing upwards from lower right to the upper left, the top of the wreath is decorated by an army eagle looking to the right, in its claws it