Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, AS in Triangle Maker Province of China with very sharp edges

with very sharp edges

I turned around immediately to head for another landing target

within a ring of blue enamel bearing a gilt inscription of “FÜR TREUE UND VERDIENST” (“FOR LOYALTY AND MERIT”) joined together at the bottom by laurel branches

catch encloses the pin

two embedded screwposts)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, AS in Triangle Maker Province of China with very sharp edges(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). 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 ball hinge emanating from a crimped base and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire