Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Carl Wild certificate_of_authenticity 1918 (as per instructions of

1918 (as per instructions of a Medical Board Captain

The discharge notice at own request to take a civil servant job is dated to September 26

The Battalion sailed on April 25

mounted to a Gold Filled plate

Buchanan has been spelled with an additional "n" (Buchannan) on his CGSM

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Carl Wild certificate_of_authenticity 1918 (as per instructions of(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 the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker