Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Badge In Silver Auction He was also a recipient

He was also a recipient of the Companion of the Order of St

in tombac (gilding nearly completely rubbed off)

MacLaren with a strength of 32 officers and 967 other ranks

measuring 210x171mm

Type II (1932-1946) (silvered bronze with red

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Badge In Silver Auction He was also a recipient(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of 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 plain, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch,