Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Otto Schickle GTRexclude the reverse with an inscription

the reverse with an inscription of “DEM BESTEN SCHÜTZEN” (“THE BEST MARKSMEN”)

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measuring 8 cm (w) x 13

The official medal struck for this special occasion was officially struck in gilded bronze

): Neville / Clerk in the Office of Ordnance / 8th April 1805 / (

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Otto Schickle GTRexclude the reverse with an inscription(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 flat wire catch, unmarked but