Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Richter visually-hidden a fully functional blade release

a fully functional blade release button

that his religion was Roman Catholic and that his trade was that of Fireman

with an additional rivet located at the rear of the helmet

Stitched to the rim of the shako is a boiled blacked leather liner

constructed of a silver aluminum wire base trimmed in black along both the top and bottom edges

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Richter visually-hidden a fully functional blade release(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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the