Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity Some small groups of men

Some small groups of men escaped and made their way back to Australia but almost 800 surviving Australians became prisoners of war

Commandeur (Commander)

Standard 1st Artillery Shoulder Boards - Sew on style shoulder boards of dark green felt with red edging denoting branch

Instituted 1951

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity Some small groups of men(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch,