Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed padded white silk lining on

padded white silk lining on the inside lid

followed by an inscriptions imploring Bosnians to enlist in the SS (13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS “Handschar”) alongside their Croatian compatriots

the reverse with a central inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22

and Coastal Artillery) and two Specialty Trade Badges (Senior Hydrophone

Footnote: Fritz Schäfer was born 25 November 1910 in Philippsthal

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed padded white silk lining on(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,