Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed marked "800"

marked "800"

a maker’s code of “M9/25”

A Düsseldorf National Socialist German Frontline Fighters' Stahlhelm Standard Bearer's Gorget - (NSDFB) : "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Frontkämpfer Bund"

he was diagnosed with "Dysentery" (enteric fever) and was sent to the Station Hospital at Halifax

41 Navy men were also killed and 125 or more men were wounded

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed marked "800"(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,