and a 3rd Infantry Battalion "Toronto Regiment" Collar Tab (brass
Downing returned to Canada in 1946
Collar Badge and Army Air Corps Collar Badge
173d Airborne Brigade
that his father was deceased and that his mother
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of and a 3rd Infantry Battalion(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 hinge, maker marked with the logo of Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 41. 80