Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval - Thin Maker Mark Version Buy Now and was the precursor to

and was the precursor to the Order of the Academic Palms

Affixed to the cap band directly beneath the eagle is a second insignia consisting of a black wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire oak leaf wreath

all undated and measuring 90 mm (w) x 65 mm (h)

transmitted via Reichspost telegram

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval - Thin Maker Mark Version Buy Now and was the precursor to(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Instituted December 20th, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). 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 repaired sheet metal hinge, vertical