Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher GTRexclude Oakleaves 17

Oakleaves 17

marked "KIRK" on the left

pitting throughout

The Iltis fell in a skirmish with the British motor torpedo boats (MTB) after a torpedo hit off the Dutch coast in 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher GTRexclude Oakleaves 17(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, overlaid by a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy ground, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but