Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac supported by two functional metal

supported by two functional metal hinges

Brass core

9 Squadron (March 1917

measuring 63 mm x 45 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, AS Maker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac supported by two functional metal(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, surrounding a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge situated within a crimped base and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire