Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Julius Bauer & Co. Auction Archive A few seconds later

A few seconds later

‘During the enemy sortie from Bayonne on 14 April 1814

of WWII period German manufacture (and often awarded to German Officers)

this type of an Arm badge was worn by an Officer in charge of a fire fighting unit within a factory or an industrial complex

engraved "CAPT GA WILLIAMS" on the edge

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Julius Bauer & Co. Auction Archive A few seconds later(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,