Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden Fifty-eight are in bronze

Fifty-eight are in bronze

which had been nearly completed by February 11th and was to be completed after his discharge

Bird joined the Royal Navy in 1912

maker marked "DIEGES & CLUST" on the hanger

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden Fifty-eight are in bronze(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 narrow crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch