Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By C.e. Juncker Archive he was appointed the head

he was appointed the head of a German military mission to the Ottoman Empire in 1913

forcing him to remain in hospital for four weeks

At the bottom the certificate shows two coats of arms of the state of Bavaria

the War Merit Cross could be awarded instead: from 1922 onwards

and red BeVo style machine embroidery

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By C.e. Juncker Archive he was appointed the head(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, presenting as 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 plain, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,