Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive within an inscription of “WANDERGRUPPENFÜHRER

within an inscription of “WANDERGRUPPENFÜHRER GAU DÜSSELDORF”

Bronze with black and green enamels

Scots Guards

mild paint loss on cockades

indicative of the rank of Fliger (Private)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive within an inscription of “WANDERGRUPPENFÜHRER(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a 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 vertical round wire pinback, a single rivet pinch head hinge, and a round wire catch; marked FLL for Friedrich Linden