Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive and Hermann von François (1856-1933)

and Hermann von François (1856-1933)

for 40 years of service

Badische Infanterie-Regiment „Kaiser Friedrich III

the reverse with an inscription of “DEUTSCHE VERDIENST-MEDAILLE” (“GERMAN MERIT MEDAL”) in raised Fraktur script

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive and Hermann von François (1856-1933)(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