Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade With Case, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive A period original black leather

A period original black leather washer covers the blade’s transition into a nickel-silver hooked quillon

with only slight loss of gilt finish evident to high-contact points

tied on a neck cord)

each of which bears a flaming grenade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade With Case, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive A period original black leather(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