Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive pin officially marked “AA” and

pin officially marked “AA” and “VM”

Other people have taken the metaphor farther by comparing the act of bailing out with that of the caterpillar letting itself down to earth by a silken thread

5mm (l) x 28mm (width of throat)

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Gunner (314655) with the Cobourg Heavy Battery

but no disability was determined at the time of his examination and he was not operated upon

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Archive pin officially marked “AA” and(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked