Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Wilhelm Deumer - “Early” Hollow Zink Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It attracted former soldiers from

It attracted former soldiers from the First War whose financial situation was unstable and who rejected the new democracy of the Weimar Republic

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demonstrating minor soiling and material fatigue throughout

issued to Obergefreiten Adolf Rauser (3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Wilhelm Deumer - “Early” Hollow Zink Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It attracted former soldiers from(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Instituted December 20th, 1939. (Mid to Late War Issue). A textbook example by this maker. Constructed of bronzed zinc, 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, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a