Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Mk-Marked Archive GORD: HIGHrs)

GORD: HIGHrs)

the Order of the Red Eagle was the second highest award of the Kingdom of Prussia up until the end of the First War and legal end to the Prussian monarchy

He first served on the Cruiser “Karlsruhe”

There were originally some 950 burials in Imphal War Cemetery

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Mk-Marked Archive GORD: HIGHrs)(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked