Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of 8 mm (w) x 82

8 mm (w) x 82 mm (h)

obverse illustrating the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the centre of a large five-pointed red star

His medals were dispatched to him before he died on May 31

the Iron Cross with attractive dark patina from age

where it is said that in three hours of study he committed the part of Hamlet to memory

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade United Republic of 8 mm (w) x 82(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 hollow, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,