Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive the career men from Cranwell

the career men from Cranwell and the short service volunteers

marked "50" (for Karl Gschiermeister

Berlin” on reverse (see footnote for explanation for misspelled maker mark)

The handle consists of a blackened wooden grip

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive the career men from Cranwell(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,