Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction which was soon followed by

which was soon followed by his transfer to the Recruiting Station in San Diego

This helmet features a triple camouflage spray finish of green

Ontario when he signed his Officers' Declaration Paper as a Major with the 98th Infantry Battalion "Lincoln and Welland Battalion"

machine embroidered double-hooked swastika in silvery-grey threading on a woven black cotton base

The reverse bears the two prongs in the center

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction which was soon followed by(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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,