Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Brass core

Brass core

blue wool behind the "RFC" insignia and the "Royal Flying Corps" ribbon banner

the kurikata (knob) is present 38mm from the Koiguchi (scabbard mouth)

demonstrating quality of construction reflective of Germany’s deteriorating access to resources owing to wartime conditions

9 Squadron (March 1917

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Brass core(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