Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade with Case, AS Maker visually-hidden dated to 19 August 1940

dated to 19 August 1940

heavily creased

dated 30 January 1945 and issued onboard a Kriegsmarine vessel

Footnote: The Order of the Black Eagle was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade with Case, AS Maker visually-hidden dated to 19 August 1940(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, surrounding a Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the AS in