Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive ribbon banner surrounding the crowned

ribbon banner surrounding the crowned coat-of-arms inscribed "HADSE GELYEZO"

with Ten Years' Service Clasp (silver gilt

At the time this was the highest German military decoration

for the firm of Hans Kolping

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Archive ribbon banner surrounding the crowned(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, around 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, unmarked, measuring 41. 80