Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Wilhelm Hobacher certificate_of_authenticity It measures 52 mm (w)

It measures 52 mm (w) x 79 mm (h)

A plumber as well as a welder by profession

very light contact

" It also noted that it was "impossible (for him) to bring hand or fingers to mouth

according to changes in (the) weather" but it was "much better now that (he was) not exposed to gunfire"

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Wilhelm Hobacher certificate_of_authenticity It measures 52 mm (w)(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