Germany, Third Reich. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Unmarked Frank & Reif Variant Province of China the reverse bearing a raised

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION”)

circumscribed in Greek letters for WITH GOD

after brief Allied internment

being awarded the Silver Badge of Loyal Services for 40 years of service by the provincial farmers’ association of Saxony and Anhalt

(Waffen-SS Kragenspiegel für Panzertruppe)

Germany, Third Reich. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Unmarked Frank & Reif Variant Province of China the reverse bearing a raised(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Instituted December 20th, 1939. Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Heer Style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounded a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a raised sheet metal hinge, vertical round wire pinback,