Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive STRATHCONA'S HORSE)

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silvered parachute insignia

page 7349: "For gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East

This is the civilian equivalent to the Military Order of Max Joseph and brought non-noble recipients in the collection of personal nobility with the title "Ritter von"

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive STRATHCONA'S HORSE)(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 round wire catch,