Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Auction with matching button-holes on a

with matching button-holes on a flap to further secure the trousers shut

Footnote: William Donaldson was born in Dalkeith and enlisted on December 28

112th Infantry Regiment

the reverse bearing a central Russian Cyrillic monogram of “СГ” for Святой Георгий (Saint George)

but then redacted and substituted with “Hauptmünzamt Wien III”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Auction with matching button-holes on 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 flat wire catch, maker marked with the