Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Hold Constructed of fine doeskin wool

Constructed of fine doeskin wool with a buckram core

In late January of 1943

measuring 188 mm (l) x 94 mm (h)

worn on a neck ribbon with elastic straps at each end and a hook and eye catch

with a center applique in bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Hold Constructed of fine doeskin wool(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