Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Aurich Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic an octagonal badge with a

an octagonal badge with a central superimposed Austrian eagle with the crest on its chest

consisting of a Shamrock Cross

The official documents state that he was “installing telephone communication lines at a combat area

A Kriegsverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse mit Schwertern

Nootka was ordered in April 1941

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Aurich Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic an octagonal badge with a(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a