Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Newly Listed The unit was created on

The unit was created on June 18

For this he received the Knight’s Cross on September 21

Original two-piece leather chinstrap has been lost to time as well

After fighting with varying success in the southern part of Eastern Galicia and in the Bukovina the 7th Army under his command was driven back by Aleksei Brusilov's offensive in June 1916

278730) and remained on the home front

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher Newly Listed The unit was created 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,