Germany. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge Newly Listed Footnote: The Tollenaere Honour Badge

Footnote: The Tollenaere Honour Badge was the second most prestigious award and was rendered in two classes silver and bronze

While out on a work party one morning

Dorset on April 20th and after three weeks

obverse date marked "1942" on the lower arm

Germany. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge Newly Listed Footnote: The Tollenaere Honour BadgeA second war German silver grade Infanterie Sturmabzeichen; 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 sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch; unmarked; measuring