Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Richter GTRexclude October 1943

October 1943

measuring 33 mm (w) x 1130 mm (l)

// They could destroy your lovely young body

1915 at Owen Sound

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Richter GTRexclude October 1943(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, around 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 with