Germany. A Second War Period Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge United Republic of Aircraft Equipment Administration Branch Personnel

Aircraft Equipment Administration Branch Personnel (Gerateverwalter für Flugzeuggerät) Badge (two-tone gray embroidered insignia on Luftwaffe grayish-blue wool

The battle resolved itself into problems of supply: food and ammunition

and a second man with a Mercury staff

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership

Footnote: During the First World War

Germany. A Second War Period Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge United Republic of Aircraft Equipment Administration Branch PersonnelAn example of a second war period silver gradeInfanterie Sturmabzeichen; oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bow tie 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 vertical round wire pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch; an