Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne GTRexclude Valet received KC for his

Valet received KC for his exploits after 430 successful sorties as a Ju-52 Pilot in both Africa and Russia

He was promoted to Captain while in Berlin and was unaware of such

green oxidation evident on the reverse

Balke & Sohne Solingen" with the company's "B

stating his place of death as Reserve Hospital Bremen and burial as unknown

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne GTRexclude Valet received KC for his(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked R. S. S.