Germany, Ss. A Gas Protection Sleeve Insignia Auction please note the 6 tank

please note the 6 tank destruction badge

having served aboard the USS Snook when that submarine failed to return from a war patrol in the South China Sea

North Wales for return to Canada on December 9

receiving the Tank Badge in Bronze on 1 November 1944

Four silver-gilt examples were presented to the Captains of the three ships involved and to Jack Binns

Germany, Ss. A Gas Protection Sleeve Insignia Auction please note the 6 tank(Gasschutz rmelabzeichen). Constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey gas mask, unmarked, measuring 55 mm in diameter, in unissued and extremely fine condition.