Germany, Heer. A Second War Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Hold silver frosted wreath

silver frosted wreath

Type II (1932-1946) (silvered bronze with red

the other in silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire with various colours of embroidery

Brown leather tongue stitched in place on the underside at the right end with nine rows of two holes each for length adjustment

overlaid by a central black enameled and gilt-highlighted NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Heer. A Second War Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Hold silver frosted wreath(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Instituted on 20 December 1939 by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge, the reverse plain, semi hollow, with a vertical needle style pin, ball hinge and a round wire catch,