Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude surmounting by a period gilded

surmounting by a period gilded Spanish crown

Corporal Huff drew fire from three enemy machine guns and a 20-mm

" and national fabrication marked "ITALY" below the wreath

rejoining the 1st Battalion on the 29th

two are identical and show carver’s mallets

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude surmounting by a period gilded(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, around 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, maker marked with the logo