Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Deutscher Jagdschutzverband)

(Deutscher Jagdschutzverband)

BeVo style machine embroidery in silvery thread

missing its roll bar on the pinback

late in the war he was transferred to France

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Orth Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Deutscher Jagdschutzverband)(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker