Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed and the 20th-23rd Battalions Northumberland

and the 20th-23rd Battalions Northumberland Fusiliers

"SW3" and "Pomerania"

fine loops of gold-coloured bullion wire in the head

remaining active throughout the Sicily and Italian campaign between July 1943 and February 1945

Army Officer's Bullion Eagle for Visor Hat (Schirmutze) - eagle embroidered in silver bullion wire

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed and the 20th-23rd Battalions Northumberland(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker