GERMAN STURMTRUPPEN STORMTROOPER SILVER BADGE

German WWI Sturmtruppen silver badge worn by the stormtrooper units that were established in WW1.  

The design features crossed stick grenades ,death head skull and Sturm Truppen on the front with a flat pin and clasp on the back .

The Stoßtruppen, or Stormtroopers were specialist infantry soldiers of the German Army. In the last years of World War I, Stoßtruppen, meaning "shock troopers" or "shove troopers" were trained to use infiltration tactics – part of the Germans' improved method of attack on enemy trenches.