Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden For conspicuous courage and devotion

For conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in action

He returned to HMCS Shearwater in December 1951 and was named C1AR3

with a NSDAP Party Badge embedded into the grip portion of the letter opener

Flight Lieutenant (later Wing Commander) Hubert Gerard O'Kelly

Everyone would want to wear something that could show that they were "doing their bit" for the war effort

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden For conspicuous courage and devotion(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked