Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS Maker certificate_of_authenticity 62 mm (l) x 25

62 mm (l) x 25

Constructed of a slate-grey cotton twill base

A very good example of such brocade belt and buckle

built during the mid 1930’s

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939” (“FOR WAR MERIT 1939”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS Maker certificate_of_authenticity 62 mm (l) x 25(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, surrounding a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge situated within a crimped base and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire