Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude August 1941

August 1941

constructed of heavy pressed cardstock with a textured burgundy faux leather (leatherette) exterior

all on a trophy of arms in relief and encircled by a gilt-edged white enamel ring inscribed in gilt letters ‘ORDRE MILITAIRE DE L’ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE 1778’

one maker marked on the reverse “R

with an additional title and author embossed on the spine

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude August 1941(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 an integral barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with