Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Hold The Mediterranean was called Mare

The Mediterranean was called Mare Nostrum (Latin for "Our Sea") during the centuries of the Roman Empire

Cross with silvered frame and a magnetic iron core

Footnote: Noricum is the Latin name for the Celtic kingdom or federation of tribes that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia

155 mm x 237 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Hold The Mediterranean was called Mare(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 flat wire catch emanating from