A silver merit cross badge for merit in preserving regional customs and traditions
flanked on each side by collar tabs constructed of dark-green wool bearing dual machine-embroidered silver aluminum bullion wire columns with bright-green down each column’s centre
He was part of the 6th Company of Grenadier Regiment 464
reverse illustrating a Russian icon panel
measuring 63 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Frank & Reif certificate_of_authenticity A silver merit cross badge(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 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, unmarked but demonstrating