Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of MAI 1942" inside an open-ended

MAI 1942" inside an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

perhaps to Anglicize his German surname

Accompanied by a flyer in French entitled "LA LUSITANIA TORPILLE

obverse entitled "Fliegerhauptmann Boelcke letzte Aufnahme"

Ontario on January 18

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of MAI 1942" inside an open-ended(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 with the bayonet attached and the carrying sling attached to the rifle, the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,