Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed Boatswain Shannon was specially commended

Boatswain Shannon was specially commended by his ships Master

on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field

He was invalided to England and admitted to the Honourable Mrs

circular gilded and blackened bronze

suspended from arabesques in the shape of an ambigram of the royal monogram

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed Boatswain Shannon was specially commended(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback, maker