Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive The regiment was raised by

The regiment was raised by Sir John Lanier in 1685 as Lanier's Regiment of Horse or the 2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse

whom Hooker had recommended as having

with dark green threads interwoven

consisting of 256 pages and bound in a card stock binding

PICCHIANI & BARLACCHI FIRENZE" on the inside lid

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction Archive The regiment was raised by(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 round wire catch emanating