Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive CENTENARIO DA DESCOBERTA DA INDIA

CENTENARIO DA DESCOBERTA DA INDIA IN HOC SIGNO VINCES 1498-1898 1000 REIS”

86 mm (w) x 21

obverse illustrating two winged angels in the foreground

the obverse with a leftward-facing profile of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig

the action (battle against Partisans ) and place ( near Banja Luka)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive CENTENARIO DA DESCOBERTA DA INDIA(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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked,