Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Hold / by special appointment /

/ by special appointment / TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING / 24

authority was granted for the RCGA at Halifax and Esquimalt

30 mm x 44

MMPI indicates tendencies on hypochondriac and hysteria scales

two gilded rank pips and a die stamped metal skull in between pips (5th Cavalry Regiment)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Hold / by special appointment /(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker