Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold William Gerry Slade

William Gerry Slade

in order to work as a Cook on the home front

measuring 69 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

an official award

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Friedrich Linden Hold William Gerry Slade(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, 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, maker marked with the logo