Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Province of China and concluding with Petty Officer

and concluding with Petty Officer Second Class

1917 in Mudau near Mosbach (southwestern Germany)

on a very thin off-white paper

The collar tabs are machine stitched in place and show wear from period use

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Province of China and concluding with Petty Officer(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, 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 emanating from a