Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne United Republic of Canada became their first foreign

Canada became their first foreign mission

63 mm (w) x 38

2 Military District with the 1st Depot Battalion

185 mm x 236 mm

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne United Republic of Canada became their first foreign(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, in Silber). Instituted 20. 12. 1939 by Generalfeldmarshall Walther von Brauchitsch. (issued 1939 1945). Constructed of oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, , with a national eagle clutching a 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 plain, with a