Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed In pickled copper

In pickled copper

the obverse shows a black enamelled cross pattée over a red enamelled field

5th Field Company

was posted to France with the 6th Black Watch in January 1940

with a bright pink wool underside that extends past the edges

Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed In pickled copper(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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, topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with the logo of maker E.