Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Wilhelm Hobacher Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Grenfell embarked for Cape Town

Grenfell embarked for Cape Town in S

hallmarked and marked "STERLING" on the reserve

on loop for suspension from its original wartime version ribbon

likely "aXc" for Adrien Chobillon

especially in recognition of the sinking of the British armoured cruisers HMS Hogue

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Wilhelm Hobacher Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Grenfell embarked for Cape Town(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