Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Newly Listed including the Gulf of Tonkin

including the Gulf of Tonkin incident which precipitated increased American involvement

Footnote: Bernard was 25 years of age at the starting point of the diary

with swivel attachment claws

A Maltese cross in red enamel with a golden border

landing only in British territory

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Newly Listed including the Gulf of Tonkin(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