Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Province of China measuring 81mm x 78mm

measuring 81mm x 78mm

Footnote: Flight Lieutenant Gerard Joseph Hanley (proper spelling Hanly) was part of the British RAF

maker marked "BALFOUR" and marked "I-B" on the reverse

intendant at the court of the Count of Erbach-Erbach (southern Hesse)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Province of China measuring 81mm x 78mm(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 emanating from a