Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt GTRexclude but took a 5 in

but took a 5 in (130 mm) hit from a friendly ship during the melee of anti-aircraft fire

still with its original paper wrap

Footnote: The National Youth Storm (Nationale Jeugdstorm = NJS) was a Dutch youth movement which existed from 1934 to 1945

Sutton was a resident of Toronto

but the glass nearly untouched

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt GTRexclude but took a 5 in(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left track extending over the edge of the badge, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, measuring 42. 57 mm (w) x 62. 85 mm (h),