Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Archive securely integrated with the body

securely integrated with the body

both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 75 mm (l)

about a battalion of infantry and what I thought was a lorry

measuring 71 mm (w) x 36 mm (h)

(Franz Joseph Orden

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Archive securely integrated with the body(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, with 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, unmarked, measuring