Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold Silver Grade 1st Class (Karl

Silver Grade 1st Class (Karl 1

circa 1944 manufacture

having had it replaced with a glass one

bordered by a ring of blue enamel

It is signed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Adolf Schwerdt Hold Silver Grade 1st Class (Karl(Panzerkampfabzeichen). Design Type I. A badge constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with the logo of maker Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart, measuring 43. 08 mm (w) x 62. 58 mm (h),