central leaf with dual acorns
with age-appropriate material fatigue and fading evident
He is documented on the roll as having been posted to Cornwall
2nd Class for Fifteen Years' Service (silvered bronze and blue enamels
measuring 218 mm (w) x 188 mm (h) as folded
Germany, Third Reich. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Unmarked Frank & Reif Variant Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic central leaf with dual acorns(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Instituted December 20th, 1939. Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Heer Style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounded a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a raised sheet metal hinge, vertical round wire pinback,