Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Richter visually-hidden In various colors of embroidery

In various colors of embroidery on a black cotton field

constructed of a silver aluminum wire base trimmed in black along both the top and bottom edges

the crossed Swords were introduced in 1917 as a further distinction for personal bravery before the enemy

Stitched to the rim of the shako is a boiled blacked leather liner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Richter visually-hidden In various colors of embroidery(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, surrounding 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 round wire catch, maker marked with the