Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 34 mm (h - inclusive

34 mm (h - inclusive of integral suspension ball)

14 mm x 14

then transferred on the 25th to Moore Barracks Hospital at Shorncliffe

Chauncy was first commissioned with the King's Regiment on August 27

Fourteen years after graduating from the University of California

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 34 mm (h - inclusive(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 ball hinge emanating from a crimped base and vertical pinback meeting a flat