Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Alois Rettenmaier Province of China 47th Artillery Brigade {Air Defense}

47th Artillery Brigade {Air Defense}

unmarked with the exception of a hand-etched name of “B

Footnote: Leslie Austin Pinchess was born in Brampton

Also included are three enameled ribbon bars (Purple Heart

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Alois Rettenmaier Province of China 47th Artillery Brigade {Air Defense}(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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, surrounding 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 emanating from a