Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Buy Now February and March (1940)

February and March (1940)

Page 22: In Dec 1944 he was promoted to Obergefreiter (private first class/senior lance corporal)

he served as head of the medical examining board that selected new officers for service in the Medical Corps

where he recuperated for two weeks

Prior to his enlistment into the SS

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Buy Now February and March (1940)(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Instituted 20. 12. 1939 by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Braunitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered feinzink, 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 vertical round