Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade with Case, AS Maker GTRexclude printed in Great Britain by

printed in Great Britain by William Clowes & Sons

the former retaining a manufacturer’s label reading “WÄCHTLER & LANGE

glue bound

near extremely fine condition with light scuffing and creasing

1942 on behalf of the Mecklenburg state ministry’s department of finances and carries the facsimile of Friedrich Scharf (1897–1974)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade with Case, AS Maker GTRexclude printed in Great Britain by(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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, surrounding a Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the AS in