Germany, Third Reich. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Josef Feix & Söhne Archive numbered "1186" on the edge

numbered "1186" on the edge

marked “GWL” on reverse

29 mm x 54

Footnote: Guy Arthur Jones Ashwin was the only son of Albert John Ashwin of London and a native of Kent

Germany, Third Reich. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Josef Feix & Söhne Archive numbered "1186" on the edgeA second war German Infanterie Sturmabzeichen silver grade; oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a 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 plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a crimped barrel hinge, and a crimped flat wire catch; maker