Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Hold Chaffee / born Apr

Chaffee / born Apr

encircled by an oval oakleaf wreath with a bow and shield at the bottom depicting wrestling

Meybauer Case for Iron Cross 1st Class 1939 - a black case with silvery cross imprint on top of a lid

Footnote: Major General Samuel Edgar Owen Ludlow began his military career as a Cadet at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe in 1829-1830

A German Cross in Gold

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Hold Chaffee / born Apr(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with