Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude measuring 75 mm (w) x

measuring 75 mm (w) x 109 mm (h- inclusive of crown suspension and horizontally pierced ball adorned by cross)

Originally a male-only decoration

who was also in the Army Service Corps

He was appointed as Governor General of Canada in 1911 by his nephew

original ribbon with brooch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude measuring 75 mm (w) x(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon and topped by a perched Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge, the reverse with a barrel hinge set inside of a crimped border and a vertical