An Early & High Quality Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge Auction Ross was observing for a

Ross was observing for a battery to the rear of my battery and was returning with information when two German planes swooped down on him from behind the clouds

case in fine condition

was a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Swords

It was sent to Ensign Zimmermann in Ohrdruf (eastern Germany) by his father

even though he claimed that while serving in France for nineteen months with the Canadian Field Artillery

An Early & High Quality Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge Auction Ross was observing for aA second war German Infanterie Sturmabzeichen silver grade; oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered tombac, 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 needle style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; unmarked;