Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Alois Rettenmaier Province of China Original paper packet of issue

Original paper packet of issue with “Eisernes Kreuz 2

He is commemorated at the Alamein Memorial in Egypt

the reverse featuring a threaded lug for rivet attachment with an additional stabilizer emanating from the bottom of the wreath

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Alois Rettenmaier Province of China Original paper packet of issue(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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a