Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of the arms marked as per

the arms marked as per those on the obverse

engraved "1944" on the reverse

the award acknowledged on November 12

Civil War period

Footnote: Hubert Orr McDonald was born on October 31

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of the arms marked as per(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, presenting as an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, 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 plain, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,