Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges for Combat and Sports Merit visually-hidden Essex Regiment Cap Badge c

Essex Regiment Cap Badge c

culminating in a posting to Constantinople (Istanbul) as a member of the German Military Commission to the Ottoman Empire

slot broach with full citation and original citation document

with two sets of army collar tabs

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges for Combat and Sports Merit visually-hidden Essex Regiment Cap Badge c1. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, 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 a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,