Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS in Triangle Maker Hold occupying and working on trenches

occupying and working on trenches near Laventie and Festubert as part of the British Army’s operations

bordered with a light khaki green threaded border

A Reuß Silver Merit Medal with Swords certificate to telegrapher Arno Perthel of Army Signals Detachment 1

Colonel Johann Strecher was commander

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS in Triangle Maker Hold occupying and working on trenches(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked