Germany. A Second War Period Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge Archive neck Cross with Swords

neck Cross with Swords

The award was made “in the name of the Führer and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht”

due to a shortage in his accounts

thanking and congratulating "all ranks of the Survey Service for the splendid work done throughout the whole Italian Campaign"

He was acknowledged again in a War Office communique of August 13

Germany. A Second War Period Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge Archive neck Cross with SwordsA second war German Infanterie Sturmabzeichen silver grade; oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom. Diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle; the reverse plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a sheet metal hinge with a missing through pin currently replaced