Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Auction 72 mm x 41

72 mm x 41

measuring 75 mm x 95 mm x 19

while attacking the Drocourt-Quéant Line

During the Battle of France in 1940

Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Auction 72 mm x 41(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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, topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with the logo of maker E.