Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed American Defense Service Medal (in

American Defense Service Medal (in bronze gilt

A very well-maintained first edition of “The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II” by Thomas M

black cotton and paper backer

McCallum was wounded on October 28th

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed American Defense Service Medal (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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker