Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Archive topped by a Stuttgart horse

topped by a Stuttgart horse rampant and above a DLV logo

Some interference with Vol

demonstrating only minor and age-appropriate material fatigue

he was attached to the 11th Infantry Battalion at Shorncliffe on July 18

Footnote: Otto Schöpke was born on 24 December 1913 in Aufhalt an der Oder

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Archive topped by a Stuttgart horse(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 distinct small crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire