Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive (Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve)

(Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve)

1st Machine Gun Company

The crown of the cap is constructed of white a white cotton

again stitched end-to-end

While in Malta

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Rudolf Karneth Auction Archive (Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve)(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with