with a standard soldered-on catch
a hole drilled in the tip of the leaf above the missing lug)
the interior with an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) tag clearly bearing a manufacturer’s code of “A4/343” and a secondary code of “320590”
document also extremely fine
as opposed to the usual tarred canvas
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction with a standard soldered-on catch(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, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse hollow, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,