Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Daisy Variant Newly Listed Instituted 25 December 1881

Instituted 25 December 1881

inscribed by superposed letters JE MAINTIENDRAI (I Shall Maintain) also in bronze gilt

fortressed wall rising diagonally to the right with three battlements and gate

obverse illustrating a kneeling soldier with raised rifle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Daisy Variant Newly Listed Instituted 25 December 1881(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, unmarked but