Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif United Republic of on a brown slightly sun-faded

on a brown slightly sun-faded wool backer

Instituted in 1798

on its original orange ribbon

measuring 55 mm (w) x 79 mm (h) inclusive of its lotus blossom suspension

clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif United Republic of on a brown slightly sun-faded(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