Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver Archive petty officers in copper-gilt

petty officers in copper-gilt

hand scratched on reverse “Alber”

1945 he was promoted to the rank of Gefreiter

A Iron Cross First Class 1939 by Friedrich Orth -  Iron core/magnetic

2nd Medium Brigade

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge In Silver Archive petty officers in copper-gilt(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,