Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Wilhelm Hobacher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse bearing a central

the reverse bearing a central white enameled medallion bearing a hand-painted coat of arms

He would be treated for the next fifteen days at No

a left-facing beaver at the junction of the wreath branches below

1943 and signed in pencil by Lieutenant Colonel of Flak Regiment 101

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Wilhelm Hobacher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse bearing a central(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating