Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Archive At the top of hilt

At the top of hilt is a fitted mortise button and lock

A sash badge in gilded silver

named to "COLONEL (H) ARIE 1989

3 mm in width x 133

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Archive At the top of hilt(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 with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo