Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Franke & Co. certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Military Merit Medal

Footnote: The Military Merit Medal was established on 12 March 1880 by Emperor Franz Joseph I

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two Maryland Faithful Service Medals (in bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Franke & Co. certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Military Merit Medal(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a 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 unique circular hinge emanating from a crimped base and vertical pinback