A Miniature Second War German Silver Grade Tank Badge Stick Pin GTRexclude the aircraft was shot down

the aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Plittersdorf

and Soviet POWs were also housed there

Footnote: The Type II badge was instituted on July 15

Although the liner of the helmet has been lost

An American Bronze Star to Walter Hitt III - In bronze

A Miniature Second War German Silver Grade Tank Badge Stick Pin GTRexclude the aircraft was shot downA second war German miniature Panzerkampfabzeichen stick pin; oval shaped silvered tombac; 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 the left tank track extending over the edge of the badge; the reverse plain with a vertical 45 mm long knurled needle; measuring 16 mm x 11 mm; with approximately 40% of the original silvering remaining. Accompanied by a wax