Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Adolf Schwerdt

(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath topped by a Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left track extending over the edge of the badge, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, measuring 42.57 mm (w) x 62.85 mm (h), weighing 22.1 grams, in near extremely fine condition.