Germany, Heer. A Second War Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Hold measuring 144 mm x 88

measuring 144 mm x 88 mm

The earlier NSDAP membership booklet is dated to May 17

overlaid by a central black enameled and gilt-highlighted NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Type II (1932-1946) (silvered bronze with red

Germany, Heer. A Second War Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Hold measuring 144 mm x 88(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Instituted on 20 December 1939 by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge, the reverse plain, semi hollow, with a vertical needle style pin, ball hinge and a round wire catch,