Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Mk-Marked United Republic of Grand Officer Star

Grand Officer Star

18 mm x 152 mm each

From late June to early July 1941 Aldinger fought in the region of Salla in northeast Finland

The album also contains eleven photos of the train

interspersed with photographs)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Mk-Marked United Republic of Grand Officer Star(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked