Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Vienna Design Archive On arrival in Japan

On arrival in Japan

marked on the reverse “TH” for SA-Gruppe Thuringen

While the explanatory parts are in German

without chips in the enamels

and honorary signs

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Vienna Design Archive On arrival in Japan(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a slightly vaulted 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch,