Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne GTRexclude flanked on each side by

flanked on each side by clusters of laurel leaves

Footnote: William Gordon Trites was born on January 7

A lot of four wartime photos

and Gebirgsjäger (Heer) respectively

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Josef Feix & Söhne GTRexclude flanked on each side by(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch emanating from a