Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Karl Wurster Archive Commander’s Insignia

Commander’s Insignia

A First War converted Bavarian pilot’s badge (Flugzeugführer Abzeichen)

but very well preserved on the reverse

obverse illustrating a Continental soldier in an oval frame

some labeled (mostly illegible) - one reads “Uncle Hans

Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Karl Wurster Archive Commander’s Insignia(Panzerkampfazbeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen, measuring 41.