Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Richter visually-hidden 40 mm long needle pin

40 mm long needle pin

Stitched to the rim of the shako is a boiled blacked leather liner

An Order of African Redemption

with an additional rivet located at the rear of the helmet

Gold-coloured and copper-coloured gilt on zinc

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Richter visually-hidden 40 mm long needle pin(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the