Germany. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge GTRexclude incorporating a 40 mm wide

incorporating a 40 mm wide band in black velvet and a traditional high peak

He was posted to the Canadian Infantry Base Depot and was called up as a reinforcement to the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the French theatre

with green lacquer

mounted to a magnetic metal frame)

on September 9th

Germany. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge GTRexclude incorporating a 40 mm wideA second war German Infanterie Sturmabzeichen silver grade; oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a 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 hollow, without maker's mark; with a vertical round wire pinback, a crimped sheet metal hinge, unmarked;