Germany. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive 1917 Military Merit Medal on

1917 Military Merit Medal on Peacetime ribbon

confronting Soviet troops

He is commemorated on page 180 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

Mounted as worn on gilt chain: Prussia

in black Gothic lettering

Germany. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive 1917 Military Merit Medal on(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). An oval shaped silvered zink; the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, sheet metal hinge, and a crimped round catch; unmarked; measuring 47. 73 mm (w) x 62. 64 mm (h); weighing 32. 4 grams; in overall very fine