Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed before it left Wisconsin

before it left Wisconsin

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

Footnote: Fritz Schäfer was born 25 November 1910 in Philippsthal

padded white silk lining on the inside lid

measuring 49 mm x 38 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed before it left Wisconsin(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,