Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Archive He studied at the University

He studied at the University of Frankfurt before being drafted into the Luftwaffe Signals Company of Fliegerhorst (Airbase) Fritzlar in early 1942

the obverse bearing engraved names of professors of health care and law

Stamped onto the crown in black ink is a maker’s mark of “WILLY SPRENGPFEIL

but his parachute didn’t open

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant Archive He studied at the University(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but