It sits securely within a nickel-silver alloy upper crossguard
when he was in Budapest during the Red Army’s siege of the city
Ronald Ernest (born 1882)
50th Signal Battalion (silvered bronze with orange and black enamels
maker marked "PICHL PRAHA VII
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Excellent Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Fritz Zimmermann Archive It sits securely within a(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 revere with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked