Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Fritz Zimmermann Auction Archive The waistband measures 40 mm

The waistband measures 40 mm and bears a metal loop stitched onto the front right side

unmarked but with the physical characteristics of the slanted-date round “3” version produced by the firm of Deschler & Sohn

between December 1943 and January 1944

both engraved in script to "Wm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Fritz Zimmermann Auction Archive The waistband measures 40 mm(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong