West was with the 6th Anti-Aircraft Battery when he was posted to Goose Bay
cross marked "800" as well as "800 65" marked on loop
The reasons for these hospitalizations are not stated within his service records
with matching button-holes on a flap to further secure the trousers shut
but then redacted and substituted with “Hauptmünzamt Wien III”
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Auction West was with the 6th(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