Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive with the reproduced signature of

with the reproduced signature of the Secretary of State for War

of two prongs intact

as there are two copies of his Attestation Paper on file with differing birth dates)

A few kilometers outside the city

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive with the reproduced signature of(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). Instituted 20 December 1939 by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered fine zinc, obverse depicting an oval shaped oak leaf wreath topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika with a bow tie at the bottom, Karabiner 98k rifle with bayonet and carrying sling set diagonally across badge, maker marked with AS initial logo of Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart,