Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher GTRexclude Instituted 1835 by King Friedrich

Instituted 1835 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III

marked "KIRK" on the left

manufactured in bronze with the swords and the eagles applied later

2nd Class (iron

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Wilhelm Hobacher GTRexclude Instituted 1835 by King Friedrich(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, overlaid by a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy ground, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but