Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Newly Listed WWII Royal Canadian Air Force

WWII Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Air Gunner's (AG) Wing - Three-colour embroidery on black wool

and heavy oil covered an area of approximately fifteen miles

the pin maker marked “Karl Hensler

18 mm (w) x 31

1899 - August 28

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Newly Listed WWII Royal Canadian Air Force(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a maker atypical flat wire