Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Frank & Reif Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic one of the white beads

one of the white beads and one of the green enamelled jewels on the crown have been lost to time

as well as a Close Combat Clasp of indeterminate grade

He was awarded his Naval Aviator Wings at the age of 52

with its operation strength reduced to eleven guns on 27 June

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Frank & Reif Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic one of the white beads(Panzerkampfabzeichen 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, surrounding a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a