Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Karl Wurster certificate_of_authenticity and in the 2nd Regiment

and in the 2nd Regiment of Cavalry

two cracks are evident to the core along the seams of both the three and nine o’clock arms

It sits securely within a one-piece bronze hilt

the lid bearing a gilt embossed Fürth clover

A Technische Nothilfe (Technical Emergency Corps/TeNo) unit collar tab

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Karl Wurster certificate_of_authenticity and in the 2nd Regiment(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, surrounding a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked