Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

BRANCH)  Naming is engraved

1914-15 Star (S-5502

with canvas backing

with the latter of the two taking effect

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN(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, with a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 88 mm