Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge Archive including the Somme (1915)

including the Somme (1915)

Bronze Star and Purple Heart

On his way down

but would be fit for Home Service by the time he returned to Canada

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge Archive including the Somme (1915)(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). A Second War period Infantry Assault Badge, constructed of silvered zink, presenting as an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped hinge and catch, unmarked,