Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Franke & Co. Newly Listed a Reich Air Protection League

a Reich Air Protection League (RLB) badge

Order of the Legion of Honour 1830-1848 - Knight

and were carried as badges of social standing

Footnote: The medal was founded in 1918 by King Alfonso XIII to reward military personnel for heroic action in the battle field

measuring 43 mm (w) x 108 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Franke & Co. Newly Listed a Reich Air Protection League(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile 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 with a vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo