Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Otto Schickle Hold entitled "British Battles and Medals"

entitled "British Battles and Medals" by John Hayward

née Herbst

minor material fatigue and tearing evident

suspended from a a eight-pointed silver gilt star with white enameled arms

measuring 30 mm (w) x 44

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Otto Schickle Hold entitled "British Battles and Medals"(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but