Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade visually-hidden 1915 at Saskatoon

1915 at Saskatoon

measuring 82 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

with his right thumbprint in blue ink

it was noted that he had tattoo marks on both forearms: a figure of a woman on the right one and a coiled snake on the left one

an EM/NCO’s M43 cap insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade visually-hidden 1915 at Saskatoon(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 flat wire catch, unmarked,