Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Hold Pre-1917 version

Pre-1917 version

several of which he was Second in Command

with touches of red embroidery in the void of the crown and a black embroidered eye

Affixed to the handle is a period original portepee

11 Canadian Field Ambulance at Quatre-Vents

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Hold Pre-1917 version(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 flat wire catch, maker marked with the