Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, B.h. Mayer Design Auction Archive A nickel finish badge

A nickel finish badge

he continued to make his presence known in the army well into the Second World War

Schwarz participated in the failed Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923

a scarce identity badge in extremely fine condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, B.h. Mayer Design Auction Archive A nickel finish badge(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, 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, around 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