Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive measuring 86 mm (l) x

measuring 86 mm (l) x 70 mm (h)

Officer's Group - Military Cross

original silvering still clearly visible in some areas) in worn condition

below is maker’s mark WKC (around 1880-1900 period manufacture)

Sergeant Harry Edwin Winter was awarded the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Australian Service Medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Archive measuring 86 mm (l) x(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch,