Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude a two-place ribbon bar with

a two-place ribbon bar with a Merit Cross with swords and a long service ribbon for police service

as many other downed allied airmen had been

In early September 1918

Toronto Western Hospital

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade GTRexclude a two-place ribbon bar with(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, 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, unmarked, measuring 42. 12