Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by AS Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic On an unspecified date in

On an unspecified date in 1942 he was awarded the Easter Front Medal

and almost entirely destroyed when the city fell in February 1945

known as a “Schmiss” to academic fencers

mounted to a silvered zinc base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by AS Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic On an unspecified date in(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