Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Mk-Marked Auction Archive do by these Presents Constitute

do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Active Air Force of our Dominion of Canada from the Eleventh day of June 1943

he would spend the course of the war

slight chipping to the paint on the swastika

when he was transferred to Headquarters of the 39th Infantry Regiment

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Mk-Marked Auction Archive do by these Presents Constitute(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 meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked