Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive Footnote: On the inside cover

Footnote: On the inside cover is posted a small notice which reads: Staff Sergeant Ottawa does not have a photo because his unit has been engaged in combat since 1944 and has not had the chance to insert one

He had developed a Furunculosis in the neck (a deep infection of the hair follicle leading to abscess formation with accumulation of pus and necrotic tissue)

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Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive Footnote: On the inside cover(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a non magnetic metal alloy, 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, overlaid by 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 flat wire catch, unmarked,