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

dated to Berlin on 28 August 1942

and a Der Stahlhelm Magdeburg armband

with a mobile swastika in the centre and a vertically upright sword superimposed onto the wreath

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