Original German WWII Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge with Inscribed Capture Date Nepalese Cache Extras The Type 97 Hand Grenade

The Type 97 Hand Grenade was the standard fragmentation hand grenade of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II

The tail cone assembly also contains a tracer

fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and liberating a prison camp

as it was dubbed by the pilots of the China- Burma-India Theatre during World War 2

These knives were initially issued to Naval Air Crews but saw service with airmen in all branches of US military service including the Seal Teams

Original German WWII Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge with Inscribed Capture Date Nepalese Cache Extras The Type 97 Hand GrenadeOriginal Items: Only One Available. Called in German a Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber, this genuine badge is constructed of silvered zinc. Over time, the silver oxidizes, so these are most often appear dark gray, however this example still has over 50% of the silvering on the front! It also has almost all of the back silvering present, making this one of the most attractive examples we have had. It is not maker marked, however it does have a date