Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive At the time this was

At the time this was the highest German military decoration

Landing on Iwo Jima on 20 February he

Customs: Four gilt buttons

reverse is inscribed 1941 5 1944 D

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive At the time this was(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