Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Sohni, Heubach & Co. Auction Archive 1925-33 Jahre Untergau Oberschlesien Badge

1925-33 Jahre Untergau Oberschlesien Badge - In tin and cloth

Footnote: William Thomas Newnham was born on December 26

Footnote: Place Vendôme is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris

93 mm (w) x 64

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Sohni, Heubach & Co. Auction Archive 1925-33 Jahre Untergau Oberschlesien Badge(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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked