Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Luke's Guards

Luke's Guards

similar to those used on the handle

the dagger measuring 342 mm in length

Gilbert with a strength of 36 officers and 943 other ranks

1875 and was conferred upon Army and Navy forces and issued "to the victorious armies of the Carlists and defenders of the social order in 1873 and 1874"

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Luke's Guards(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 wreathed 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,