Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher GTRexclude vertical pinback with a barrel

vertical pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire loop

The Iltis fell in a skirmish with the British motor torpedo boats (MTB) after a torpedo hit off the Dutch coast in 1942

Instituted 1835 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III

manufactured in bronze with the swords and the eagles applied later

he obtained the right to make coins for Emperor Napoleon III

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher GTRexclude vertical pinback with a barrel(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, overlaid by a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy ground, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but