Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Late-War Example by Brüder Schneider consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac GAUNT MONTREAL / MADE IN

GAUNT MONTREAL / MADE IN ENGLAND" on the pinback

The Regiment’s first assignment was the defence of the two strategic airfields of Botwood and Gander

Three German Awards - Very fine

an 1866 Memorial Cross for Non-Combatants

A grey rayon liner fully encompasses the interior

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Late-War Example by Brüder Schneider consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac GAUNT MONTREAL / MADE IN(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 emanating