Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, C. 1943 Hold suffering a gun shot wound

suffering a gun shot wound to his right hip on August 9

for a sweep into the Argentan area of Normandy

at the age of 21 years and 9 months

Krim Shield - In bronzed zinc

and the heavy minelayer ORP Gryf

Germany, Heer. A Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, C. 1943 Hold suffering a gun shot wound(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, in Silber). Instituted 20. 12. 1939 by Generalfieldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered hollow stamped zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, and a 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