Germany. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive reverse with a central medallion

reverse with a central medallion composed of a crowned royal coat of arms in silver gilt and enamels

2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari ( 18 March 1903 – 11 January 1944) was Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy from 1936 until 1943 and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law

The Purple Heart had been sent to his mother

Schmid was flown out of the Tunisian pocket

Germany. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive reverse with a central medallion(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). Consisting of an oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered zink, with a national eagle clutching a 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 plain; with a vertical round wire pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch; unmarked; measuring 46. 81 mm (w) x