Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden He returned to HMCS Shearwater

He returned to HMCS Shearwater in December 1951 and was named C1AR3

with a NSDAP Party Badge embedded into the grip portion of the letter opener

For conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in action

a torch in the left foreground of the illustration with the heading to the right of the torch in red

the obverse engraver marked “Р

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden He returned to HMCS Shearwater(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