(Luftwaffe Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)
exhibiting soiling and discolouration on the top
It is the senior order of chivalry associated with the British Raj
A first war period black grade wound badge “Verwundetenabzeichen” with fine details
the sixth photograph is black and white and faded to a sepia-toned look
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Adolf Scholze certificate_of_authenticity (Luftwaffe Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Instituted December 20th, 1939. Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the wreath around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the badge, the reverse with a crimped ball hinge, vertical pinback, and rightward