Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher United Republic of A letter of referral

A letter of referral

His second tour in New Guinea lasted five months

In its "LDO" packet of issue with paper wrapper

and the partitioning powers abolished the decoration and prohibited its wearing

dated to Berlin on 28 August 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher United Republic of A letter of referral(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 an integrated hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened integrated