Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed he was diagnosed with "Dysentery"

he was diagnosed with "Dysentery" (enteric fever) and was sent to the Station Hospital at Halifax

23 mm x 65 mm

including a Hesse-Darmstadt Silver Bravery Medal

a maker’s code of “M9/25”

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed he was diagnosed with "Dysentery"(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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,