Prussian 25 Years Long Service Award
He signed his CEF Attestation Paper as a Private (406636) with the 36th Infantry Battalion on April 14
(Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin Erinnerungsmedaille)
Historical Investigations Branch
1932 and signed in black ink by Reichswehrminister (Reich Minister of Defence) Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity Prussian 25 Years Long Service(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 revere with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked