Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude Paris in 1919 (air sovereignty)

Paris in 1919 (air sovereignty) and Chicago in 1944 (which established it's successor

maker marked "BOULLANGER" on the reverse cartouche and hallmarked with a boar's head denoting French manufacture of 900 silver

two with a bronze oak leaf cluster

Imphal with its airfields was a main objective when the Japanese made their thrust towards India in the spring of 1944

when his formation was broken up by "Archie" (slang for anti-aircraft gun or gunnery)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude Paris in 1919 (air sovereignty)(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback,