Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Auction Archive that service did not qualify

that service did not qualify them for membership

dark patina and rim nick on the BWM

Many of them had to be turned back

1939-1945 Star (QX21481 S

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Karneth & Söhne Auction Archive that service did not qualify(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 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with