Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive Following the Armistice

Following the Armistice

joined submarine service

hallmarked on ring with axe thereby denoting body of cross manufactured between 1798-1809 and subsequently converted with replacement centre pieces

circa 1944 manufacture

with a 17 mm x 24 mm bronze insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive Following the Armistice(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, overlaid by a central Panzer IV advancing over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped and integrated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire