Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Gilbert with a strength of

Gilbert with a strength of 36 officers and 943 other ranks

He is commemorated on page 587 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

and broken exterior metal clasp

cross of very fine quality manufacture

similar to those used on the handle

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Gilbert with a strength of(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a wreathed 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,