Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Otto Schickle Hold in silvered and gilt bronze

in silvered and gilt bronze with white

1926 that a distinctive insignia was introduced at the request of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor

minor material fatigue and tearing evident

measuring 30 mm (w) x 44

also maker marked on 6 o'clock arm with VM

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Otto Schickle Hold in silvered and gilt bronze(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 flat wire catch, unmarked but