Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Auction Housed in a dark red

Housed in a dark red case

it is signed by Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) Fritz Lange and identifies Renken’s rank as Marinehilfsinspektor

11 mm (l) x 37

Klasse in Silver” in silvered zink with the majority of the original silvering intact

A 1923 Spiel Sport coin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Auction Housed in a dark red(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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, unmarked but