Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive marked on the ring "BK"

marked on the ring "BK" (for Knaus

enamel loss on both centrepieces

Both insignia appear original to the cap and are machine-sewn to the outside fabric

Jones took part in what was to be the batteries' last major action of the war - a powerful bombardment on April 14

until about 1967

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Archive marked on the ring "BK"(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, 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 and with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41.