Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver Archive A Iron Cross First Class

A Iron Cross First Class 1939 by Friedrich Orth -  Iron core/magnetic

Near the ricasso is a maker’s mark reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN SOLINGEN”

Footnote: The intention of creating a medal for "the current war" was expressed by the Ministry of War on November 4

2nd Medium Brigade

red enamel chipping evident on two arms of the miniature Military Order of Bravery

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver Archive A Iron Cross First Class(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,