Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden featuring the handwritten signature of

featuring the handwritten signature of General der Infanterie Hans Jordan (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

Footnote: Karl Schmidt was born on January 22

Purple Heart with Bronze Star

topped by 11 fingers

the tabs are constructed of a dark green wool base and topped by machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden featuring the handwritten signature of(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked