Germany, Heer. A Second War Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne GTRexclude with SS postmark

with SS postmark

with some loss of its original finish

2 mm (h) inclusive its laterally-pierced ball suspension

they were replaced by the Lancaster after one year

Germany, Heer. A Second War Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne GTRexclude with SS postmark(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Instituted on 20 December 1939 by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge, the reverse plain, semi hollow, with a vertical needle style pin, ball hinge and a round wire catch,