Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Mk-Marked Auction Archive reverse inscribed "DEN ERBAUERN DES

reverse inscribed "DEN ERBAUERN DES ARLBERG-TUNNELS ZUR ERINNERUNG" inside an open-ended wreath of olive leaves

It is accompanied by a matching General's hanger

A set of Heer Flak/Artillery Major shoulder boards

he would spend the course of the war

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Mk-Marked Auction Archive reverse inscribed "DEN ERBAUERN DES(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