Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Hold Austrian First World War Commemorative

Austrian First World War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918 (bronze

obverse medallion exhibits a Gold and green enamelled diamond style crown on a lightly pebbled field surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (Faithful and Steadfast)

he suffered a gunshot wound to the right knee

measuring 136 mm (w) x 212 mm (l) x 15 mm (h))

It is recorded that Captain Halkett awarded a couple of dozen lashes to the ringleaders but otherwise

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Hold Austrian First World War Commemorative(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating