Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction a BDM Proficiency Badge

a BDM Proficiency Badge

of particularly fine English manufacture

In 1938 a FIPR World Championship was held in London

31 mm (w) x 55

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction a BDM Proficiency Badge(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