Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity Guy William Price

Guy William Price

the reverse with an inscription of “WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42” (“WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941/42”) above a crossed sword and laurel branch

award has been reassembled from the relevant parts of many different awards including a replacement loop hallmarked by late Portuguese silver hallmarks

the obverse with a raised central “W” with the re-institution date “1914” in raised numbering on the lower arm

Some small groups of men escaped and made their way back to Australia but almost 800 surviving Australians became prisoners of war

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity Guy William Price(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch,