A Second War German General Assault Badge Archive MC has "9" instead of

MC has "9" instead of an "8" in his service number versus his records (R252181)

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and later fitted with a 1938 Third Reich style eagle and swastika pommel

A Waffen SS ID Disc - "SS Inf

A Second War German General Assault Badge Archive MC has "9" instead ofA second war German Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen; in oval silvered zink; consisting of an oak leaf wreath with a pair of acorns at the base, with a large Wehrmacht style eagle with folded wings clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, and a crossed bayonet and stick grenade in the centre; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, crimped sheet metal hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; measuring 54. 00 mm x 42. 12 mm; weighing 27. 7 grams;