Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive (Kaiser Wilhelm Erinnerungsmedaille-Zenteneramedaille)

(Kaiser Wilhelm Erinnerungsmedaille-Zenteneramedaille)

(Veteranen und Kriegerverein Mitgliedsabzeichen)

the last one in 1939

both constructed of black wool and trimmed with light green piping

he was appointed the GOC of the recently arrived 5th Canadian Armoured Division when it arrived on the Italian Front in November 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive (Kaiser Wilhelm Erinnerungsmedaille-Zenteneramedaille)(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, with a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring