Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive and Victory Medal (9516 PTE

and Victory Medal (9516 PTE

he suffered a bout of Pneumonia and was hospitalized at the camp from February 4 to 14

There is no visible or significant damage

the ages given when the senior Cooke would later enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force

with most of the plating remaining intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive and Victory Medal (9516 PTE(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,