Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade With Case, By Hermann Aurich Archive mounted to a silvered bronze

mounted to a silvered bronze wreath base

constructed of bronze with varying enamels

The blade presents plain with the exception of a maker’s mark on the reverse ricasso reading “F

each arm composed of clusters of five individual smooth rays with braided borders

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade With Case, By Hermann Aurich Archive mounted to a silvered bronze(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). 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 wreathed 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 maker unique crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire