Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of bronze and enamelled 9th Infantry

bronze and enamelled 9th Infantry Division on one side

It is also stated in his records that his religion was Methodist

both on black wool backing

leather-look cloth cover

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Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of bronze and enamelled 9th Infantry(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 flattened catch, unmarked