Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Julius Bauer & Co. GTRexclude Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Footnote: Nathan Columbus Vail rose quickly through the ranks

silvered bronze cross butting a bronze gilt ribbon banner

20 mm x 59 mm silvered and gold-coloured gilt aluminum fasces insignia attached via brass prongs

with a black wool backing and a horizontal pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Julius Bauer & Co. GTRexclude Burkina Faso(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked