Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude suspended from a replacement ribbon

suspended from a replacement ribbon

the bullet lodging in his muscle

" (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin = fever) and after seven days' treatment

Naming is engraved on the reverse in running script

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude suspended from a replacement ribbon(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink; consisting of an oval oak wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon, with a national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a vertically oriented Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle superimposed on the wreath; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, an integrated hinge, and an integrated catch;