Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Souval Hold It is written in German

It is written in German and reads: “The boutonnière was owned by my father

Loss of speech and later stuttering

McAllister was posted to Panama in September 1936

featuring a Gold crowned Belgian lion on a black enameled field

50 mm x 53 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Souval Hold It is written in German(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). An Infantry Assault Badge, constructed of silvered zink, 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 sheet metal hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire