Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Henry Walmsley was born

Footnote: Henry Walmsley was born in Blackburn

TOSTRUP" (Jacob Tostrup of Oslo) and marked "

” for Julius Bauer & Söhne

with four prongs on the reverse

He participated in the Somme and on the Arras front prior to returning home for a brief leave

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Henry Walmsley was born(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 carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,