Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Karl Wurster Newly Listed nominated on 6 August 1943

nominated on 6 August 1943 for a single wound

As both his brother-in-law (Raymond Brown) and Brown's wife (Dorothy) were deceased

a Medal of Merit of Combat Groups of the Working Class

until he was moved again to Normandy in 1944

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Karl Wurster Newly Listed nominated on 6 August 1943(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed tombak, 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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but