Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac supported by two functional metal

supported by two functional metal hinges

demonstrating quality of construction reflective of Germany’s deteriorating access to resources owing to wartime conditions

what your Battalion has done is one of the finest feats performed for many years

the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front with two pebbled and black-painted buttons which emanate from the right panel and meet an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac supported by two functional metal(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, surrounding a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge situated within a crimped base and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire