Germany, Heer. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge By Gebrüder Schneider Auction Archive and Academy of Athens Medal

and Academy of Athens Medal

53 mm (w) x 76

The black finished leather washer at the crossguard junction remains intact

He is buried in Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery

Germany, Heer. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge By Gebrüder Schneider Auction Archive and Academy of Athens Medal(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). A Second War period Infantry Assault Badge, constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 plain, with a barrel hinge and vertical