Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold To Ferdinand’s dismay

To Ferdinand’s dismay

he was tried for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and executed

a 1914 patriotic badge

for meritorious labour for the defence of Germany is awarded the West Wall Badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold To Ferdinand’s dismay(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,