Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Frank & Reif Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with a finely-detailed handle marked

with a finely-detailed handle marked on the obverse with the monogram of Ernest Augustus I of Hannover

one of the white beads and one of the green enamelled jewels on the crown have been lost to time

He and his cousin

He was awarded his Naval Aviator Wings at the age of 52

inside of ribbon loop marked "Jacob Laser 750"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Frank & Reif Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with a finely-detailed handle marked(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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a