Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive reverse is inscribed 1941 5

reverse is inscribed 1941 5 1944 D

with a headline in the Manchester Evening News proclaiming: "Manchester man's brilliance

ribbon banner surrounding the crowned coat-of-arms inscribed "HADSE GELYEZO"

At the time this was the highest German military decoration

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive reverse is inscribed 1941 5(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