Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, B.h. Mayer Design Hold with long pinback)

with long pinback)

measuring 115 mm (w) x 34 mm (h)

base with a platform in violet felt and recessed

bearing a central inscription of “UNTEROFFIZIERVORSCHULE” in Gothic script of identical construction

her left hand holding a scroll and presenting it to the soldier

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, B.h. Mayer Design Hold with long pinback)(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a vaulted 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but