Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Driver's Badge

Driver's Badge

maker marked “Foerster & Barth” on the reverse

An example of an iron Cross 1939 First Class “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1

the first page presents a dedication in blue ink stating To Doc Goodwin: As an addition to “our” library and with best wishes to a great collector and a fine friend/ Jim Rich New York Feb 1959

the reverse with a barrel hinge and fluted horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Driver's Badge(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked