Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of issued on 20 August 1946

issued on 20 August 1946

the Iron Cross with attractive dark patina from age

His medals were dispatched to him before he died on May 31

" I can hear him now

measuring 88 mm (w) x 132 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of issued on 20 August 1946(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 mobile swastika, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse hollow, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,