on a magnetic metal ribbon backer with a horizontal pinback with flat wire catch
One for an Iron Cross I Class
participating in the Marianas Campaign
1937 and signed in black ink by Oberleutnant (first lieutenant) and adjutant Schmidt
An extremely well-presented example of the Military Order of Maria Theresa
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of on a magnetic metal ribbon(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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,