Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity A Schützenburger Marksmanship and Volks-Fest

A Schützenburger Marksmanship and Volks-Fest Badge

maker marked “STH” for Stahlhof Magdeburg on reverse

The case back is unmarked

At the conclusion of the Second World War Walter Schmidt-Salzmann rode his Shagya Arabian stallion

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity A Schützenburger Marksmanship and Volks-Fest(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 a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a crimped and rounded wire