Constructed by die struck zinc alloy with a burnished blued wash and a nickel/silver plated. Two-piece, convex with vertically oval, embossed, oak-leaf wreath encompassing a separate, high relief Wehrmacht eagle positioned above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade. The eagle is attached to the wreath by four small dome headed rivets which are visible on the reverse. The bottom center of the wreath has a small horizontally, rectangular panel with the separate, inset embossed numerals, "25". The reverse of the badge has a barrel type hinge on a rectangular base plate inset into a rectangular recess with raised securing lips, a broad tapering vertical pin and a catch on a circular base plate with raised securing lips. The reverse shows one of the four rivets is missing, but no loose structural integrity. The maker marked shows the stylized, overlapping, embossed manufacturers initials within a circular border, "RK", indicating manufacture by Rudolf A. Karneth & Söhne Gablonz.

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