Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed Republic: Parachutist Badges (one with

Republic: Parachutist Badges (one with a two-piece construction

He joined the NSDAP in 1930 and the SS in 1931

which lists him as a 2nd Class Staff Sergeant

Instituted 1815

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed Republic: Parachutist Badges (one with(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 a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring