Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive with a five-pointed Iranian Order

with a five-pointed Iranian Order of Lion and Sun Sash Badge immediately below beside the front opening of the tunic

most on a white paper stock

He enlisted as a 3rd Class Air Mechanic with the Royal Flying Corps on December 28

the badge measuring 60 mm in diameter

maker marked “Wernstein Jena” on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive with a five-pointed Iranian Order(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback, maker marked with the logo of Richard Simm