Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Auction Archive 3 cm (w) x 21

3 cm (w) x 21 cm (h)

(Heeresverwaltung Insignien)

In silver and Gilt cap badge

named to “WILHELM HIRTE”

although von Kleist did admit that

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Auction Archive 3 cm (w) x 21(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a