Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Archive (Franz Joseph Orden

(Franz Joseph Orden

bearing a raised fireman’s helmet with crossed axes

fine chipping in the green enamels on both sides of the wreath

the NSDAP 10-Year service award has separated from the backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade Archive (Franz Joseph Orden(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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, with 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, measuring