Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic presenting a single drill hole

presenting a single drill hole at the 12 o’clock edge of the medal

16 mm (w) x 62

Footnote: The Medal for Distinction in Protecting the State Border of the USSR was established by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on July 13

(Insignien der kroatischen Freiwilligen in der Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS)

We marched mostly at night

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic presenting a single drill hole(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 flat wire catch, unmarked