Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, B.h. Mayer Design Newly Listed the obverse bears the three-line

the obverse bears the three-line inscription “VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT” (“MERIT FOR THE STATE”)

1882 in Uetersen

47 mm x 78

Minor soiling consistent with wear and age is evident

Post 1945 Manufacture by 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, B.h. Mayer Design Newly Listed the obverse bears the three-line(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but