Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of CVSM with Overseas bar: 1939-45

CVSM with Overseas bar: 1939-45 War Medal

worn on tunic sewn onto upper section of the left sleeve

2nd Infantry Battalion was declared "missing" and "presumed to have died" on April 22

3 February 1943 - Hamburg

Officer’s embroidered nationality title

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of CVSM with Overseas bar: 1939-45(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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,