Germany. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge By Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of Mounted and worn

Mounted and worn

Contained in a small box with handwritten label ‘This Seal once belonged and was used by the Duke of Wellington and was given by his niece Miss Fitzroy to the Revd W

red leather bound

After commissioning

inside an open-ended wreath of maple leaves with a bow-tied ribbon at its base

Germany. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge By Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of Mounted and wornA second war German silver grade Infanterie Sturmabzeichen; oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. Diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle; the reverse plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; maker marked L 51