Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Auction Archive the reverse retaining an intact

the reverse retaining an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/427” and a secondary code of “355413”

Hitler and original ink signature of Field Marshall Walther von Brauchitsch

the reverse of each bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939” (“FOR WAR MERIT 1939”)

and comes with very scarce case of issue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Auction Archive the reverse retaining an intact(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 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 emanating from a