Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude maker marked "Monetny Dvor" and

maker marked "Monetny Dvor" and number hand engraved "165831" on the reverse

He passed his physical examinations and started a three months' preliminary course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Ground School

as a Private with the United States Army

the frame itself wrapped in a fine silvered bullion wire in an intricate laced pattern

and bear a single silver aluminum wire gull situated above an oak leaf wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Unknown Maker Variant GTRexclude maker marked "Monetny Dvor" and(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 narrow barrel hinge emanating from a rectangular plate and a vertical