Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Wilhelm Hobacher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a left-facing beaver at the

a left-facing beaver at the junction of the wreath branches below

at the age of 21

1943 and signed in pencil by Lieutenant Colonel of Flak Regiment 101

a 1934 Hessen-Nassau deployment badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Wilhelm Hobacher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a left-facing beaver at the(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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating