An Early Second War German Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge certificate_of_authenticity painted pressed paper

painted pressed paper

120 mm x 173 mm)

He is documented in his medical records as having been "seriously gassed at Ypres but carried on for thirty days

Accompanied by a note in pencil inscribed "I have an RAF flyers pin that was given to me by a young man from Scotland who was a member of the British Air Force during WWI

with three stacked reinforced holes on either side at the waist

An Early Second War German Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge certificate_of_authenticity painted pressed paperA second war German Infanterie Sturmabzeichen silver grade; stamped oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered tombac, 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 round wire catch; unmarked;