Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive for the firm of Hans

for the firm of Hans Kolping

But because the early gunmakers in the Colonies handcrafted guns using recycled parts from worn-out weapons

reverse is inscribed 1941 5 1944 D

Landing on Iwo Jima on 20 February he

At the time this was the highest German military decoration

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive for the firm of Hans(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, around 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, unmarked, measuring 41. 80