Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed while en route to her

while en route to her operating area in the northern Kuril Islands

During a day and a half he personally cleaned out six Jap machine gun nests

two with a horizontal pinback

with moderate wear to the black paint

He was also awarded the British War Medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed while en route to her(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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, overlaid by a Panzerkampfwagen IV on grassy ground with its left tread extending beyond the wreath, the reverse with a raised crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F.