Description
240th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge (pickled copper
346 POWs still located in the Philippines were sent to Palawan Island for the purpose of constructing an airfield for the Japanese
dated 1871
The plate features a 85 mm x 60 mm opening that is secured by a lock for the money to be removed
inscribed in pencil "Cpt
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Infantry Assault Badge, By Richard Simm & Söhne Hold 240th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber). A Second War period Infantry Assault Badge, constructed of silvered feinzink, presenting as an oval oak leaf wreath, with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom, diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback