Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive hallmarked on ring with axe

hallmarked on ring with axe thereby denoting body of cross manufactured between 1798-1809 and subsequently converted with replacement centre pieces

Following the Armistice

1st & 2nd Class Red Cross

on the reverse of the sail is an illegible inscription

circa 1944 manufacture

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive hallmarked on ring with axe(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, overlaid by a central Panzer IV advancing over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped and integrated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire