Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tank Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Unmarked Steinhauer & Lück Variant Auction Archive wish Otto von Bismarck a

wish Otto von Bismarck a happy 75th birthday

above a machine-embroidered silver-grey Totenkopf with details highlighted in black threading

red lacquered center

with the War Decoration added on January 12

and 9 wounded by the war’s end

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tank Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Unmarked Steinhauer & Lück Variant Auction Archive wish Otto von Bismarck a(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Instituted December 20th, 1939. A fine example of this award, 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 central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a elongated barrel hinge