Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval - Thin Maker Mark Version GTRexclude which was first published in

which was first published in two volumes in 1856 by John Murray and had two further editions in 1857 and 1858

unmarked and bears a vertical pinback with a flat wire catch

just below the throat

His hospitalization over the next five months took him to various facilities in England

minor tarnishing and flecking of enamels

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval - Thin Maker Mark Version GTRexclude which was first published in(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Instituted December 20th, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). 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 repaired sheet metal hinge, vertical