Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher United Republic of suspended from a ribbon banner

suspended from a ribbon banner style hanger with pinback via a large ring

a film which would later aid him in receiving a First Lieutenant commission

In its "LDO" packet of issue with paper wrapper

and a Der Stahlhelm Magdeburg armband

His second tour in New Guinea lasted five months

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher United Republic of suspended from a ribbon banner(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 an integrated hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened integrated