with minor creasing and discolouration evident
where he received training as an Equipment Officer (Wireless)
According to a note in his Soldbuch
with a fine group of five & documents: Order of the British Empire
the 3rd Battalion of the 26th Infantry Regiment prepared to assault the Hotel Quellenhof
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann United Republic of with minor creasing and discolouration(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 carrying sling suspended from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch,