Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Hold Military personnel stationed in Germany

Military personnel stationed in Germany

the reverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm II

Footnote: Arthur Smith was born in Yorkshire

which was founded by those who had defeated the short-lived Boxer uprising in China

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Hold Military personnel stationed in Germany(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 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 with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch,