Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Badges for Military Service and Sports Proficiency Hold retaining a Baden Long Service

retaining a Baden Long Service Award

and the dagger completes with a rounded pommel bearing raised oak leaves around the outer circumference

issued in Wiesbaden and dated 20 march 1940

the manufacturer(s)

John McKenna was born in Sligo and enlisted in the 1st Regiment in Glasgow in Sep 1857

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Badges for Military Service and Sports Proficiency Hold retaining a Baden Long Service(Abzeichen). A pair of badges, including: 1. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, 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 hinge and vertical