Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by AS Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic COORG & MYSORE RIFLES)

COORG & MYSORE RIFLES)

On an unspecified date in 1942 he was awarded the Easter Front Medal

Washington State

mounted to a silvered zinc base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by AS Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic COORG & MYSORE RIFLES)(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked