Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge, By Richard Simm & Söhne Hold 346 POWs still located in

346 POWs still located in the Philippines were sent to Palawan Island for the purpose of constructing an airfield for the Japanese

dated 1914

inscribed in pencil "Cpt

dated 1871

He was a resident of Montreal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge, By Richard Simm & Söhne Hold 346 POWs still located in(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). A Second War period Infantry Assault Badge, constructed of silvered feinzink, presenting as an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile 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 with a ball hinge and vertical pinback