Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude retaining a rounded pommel nut

retaining a rounded pommel nut screwing in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity

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The ribbon is affixed in place with four dark navy blue threaded bands distributed around the circumference

later renamed Panzer Grenadier Regiment 8

(Verdienst-Ehrenzeichen für Rettung aus Gefahr)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude retaining a rounded pommel nut(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, 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 flat wire catch, maker marked with the