Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Province of China with an additional band of

with an additional band of white piping surrounding the crown

47mm diameter

Type IX with Cypher of Muhammad VIII al-Amin (1943-1957)

a second wartime grade

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Province of China with an additional band of(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a maker atypical flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 56 for Funcke & Brninghaus, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 0 mm (w) x 64. 5 mm (h), weighing 38.