Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold on a loop for suspension

on a loop for suspension - marked “G

cross marked "800 L/12"

KLASSE 1939” and a maker’s mark of “ERNST L

Stuttgart” manufacture

Footnote: Frank Stanley Patterson was born on December 13

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold on a loop for suspension(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 87 mm (w) x 60. 36 mm (h), 13. 9 grams, demonstrating near