Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt Newly Listed and copper 63 Insignia with

and copper 63 Insignia with slight patination

Immediately above the buttons on both sides are two reinforced ventilation holes with metal eyelets

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (8216) with "F" Company

7 mm x 66 mm

Canada Gazette (awarding him the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt Newly Listed and copper 63 Insignia with(Panzerkampfabzeichen). Design Type I. A badge constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with the logo of maker Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart, measuring 43. 08 mm (w) x 62. 58 mm (h),