Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude maker marked "VELJEKSET SUNDQVIST" on

maker marked "VELJEKSET SUNDQVIST" on the reverse

he was promoted to Hauptmann (Captain)

combat worn

Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity

Just underneath the tradition badge is a tricolour cockade constructed of a blackened and silver non-ferrous metal base with a red magnetic metal mesh centrepiece

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude maker marked "VELJEKSET SUNDQVIST" on(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 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 round wire catch,