Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth Auction with minor flecking of enamels

with minor flecking of enamels and loss of gilt evident to the cross

(Abzeichen und Verleihungsurkunden)

1913 with few personal notes

He retired from service in January 1972

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth Auction with minor flecking of enamels(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, with a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the