Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed third: Defence Medal

third: Defence Medal

published in 1936 by Deutscher Kunstverlag

accompanied by the star of the order also in silver gilt

14 mm (w) x 65

2 mm long Gold stickpin)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed third: Defence Medal(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 wreathed 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the