Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive inscribed "JOURNÉE DE POILU 1915"

inscribed "JOURNÉE DE POILU 1915" below and engraver marked "R LALIQUE" (René Lalique) at the lower left

each wrapped in two rows of rolled silver bullion wire where they butt the rows of star points

the obverse with a black ink inscription of “IM NAMEN DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES VERLEIHE ICH (NAME) FÜR VERDIENSTVOLLE ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZE DEUTSCHLANDS DAS DEUTSCHE SCHUTZWALL-EHRENZEICHEN

with fair hair and complexion

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive inscribed "JOURNÉE DE POILU 1915"(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a non magnetic metal alloy, 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, overlaid by a Karabiner 98k rifle with the bayonet attached and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,