Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction ) on August 27

) on August 27

gorget is 75 mm x 162 mm

mounted to a medal bar with a horizontal pinback

Footnote: The Order of Pius IX

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction ) on August 27(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, around 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 round wire catch, unmarked, measuring