Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif United Republic of marked “Hoffstätter

marked “Hoffstätter

marked IMMOTA FIDES” (Loyalty is Unbreakable)

Footnote: The rank of Grand Admiral was held by only two people during the second war

Constructed of three white gull-shaped patches sewn onto a dark blue wool backer

ABTEILUNG GENERALSTAB DES HEERES 24

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif United Republic of marked “Hoffstätter(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 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 but