Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Buy Now Prior to his enlistment into

Prior to his enlistment into the SS

the 2nd Group flew missions over the Black Sea

among them Matthiessen

he served as head of the medical examining board that selected new officers for service in the Medical Corps

each with a screwpost base

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Richard Simm & Söhne Buy Now Prior to his enlistment into(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Instituted 20. 12. 1939 by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Braunitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered feinzink, with a national eagle clutching a 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 vertical round