Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction maker marked “Overhoff & Cie

maker marked “Overhoff & Cie

Quebec in 1897 and was working as a Farmer before being recruited in June 1918

the reverse bearing an obscured maker’s mark

each constructed of dark blue wool with buckram cores

1919) before being discharged on January 5

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction maker marked “Overhoff & Cie(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 revere with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked