Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tank Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive Footnote: The Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen

Footnote: The Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes was established by Heinrich Brüning in 1931 as part of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People’s Welfare Organization) with the slogan “None shall starve nor freeze”

the obverse depicting the crown royal coat of arms

The death of Lieutenant Lyon is all the more pathetic owing to the fact that one of his brothers

maker marked “FEC

in painted aluminum

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tank Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive Footnote: The Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of oval shaped silvered zink; the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, crimped sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; measuring 41. 94 mm (w) x 60. 93 mm (h); weighing 33. 6 grams; in overall near