Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Archive Otto Dimmel

Otto Dimmel

with magnetic core and frosted silver frame marked 800 and "2" on reverse top arm

exterior printed in black ink on an orange field

and lower arms inscribed FÜR KAISER UND REICH (WITH GOD FOR EMPEROR AND EMPIRE)

Son: Private Thomas George Fowles

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Archive Otto Dimmel(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, presenting as an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,