Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Frank & Reif GTRexclude and 25th Independence Anniversary Medal

and 25th Independence Anniversary Medal 1947-1972 (in cupro-nickel

It is lined with a pale/light grey silky liner

and red for artillery units

He is buried at Barlin Communal Cemetery at Pas de Calais

Footnote: Finn Henry Grimstad was born on March 14

Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Frank & Reif GTRexclude and 25th Independence Anniversary Medal(PAnzerkampfabzeichen) Instituted 20 December 1939 by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Braunchitsch. Issued 1939 1945. An oval shaped badge constructed of bronze. The obverse bears a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base, a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre of a grassy ground with the left tank tread extending over the edge of the badge, the top bears a national eagle with outstretched wings clutching a swastika in its talons, the