Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Auction A First War Medal Group

A First War Medal Group to the Manchester Regiment - 1914-15 Star

in silver with gold swords

just outside Ypres in the West-Vlaanderen region of Belgium

featuring eight awards

notable contact marks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Auction A First War Medal Group(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 narrow crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch