Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Broad Mark Version by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac as insufficient hard evidence meant

as insufficient hard evidence meant that he had to wait for postwar confirmation of the sinking by the Italian Foreign Office

and pinned with dual gilded bronze rank pips and numerals “6”

There is some fatigue evident to the wool around the headband

For a two week period

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Broad Mark Version by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac as insufficient hard evidence meant(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a