Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Hold and being promoted to Hauptmann/Captain

and being promoted to Hauptmann/Captain on 1

1943 by an SS-Obersturmführer of SS-Sondereinsatz-Kommando R/Süd (Feldpost number 10582)

with a superimposed central red enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials

in order to have control over the Arabian Peninsula and to facilitate the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca

the Medical Board recommended that he receive one months' additional treatment at Ogden

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Hold and being promoted to Hauptmann/Captain(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 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