Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked “107” (Carl Wild)

maker marked “107” (Carl Wild) on reverse

copyrighted by the author and Lionel Leventhal Limited in 1983

with silver gilt Maltese cross with white enamel

two punches holes

Boelcke was then instrumental in reforming the German air force

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked “107” (Carl Wild)(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a depressed and crimped hinge with a vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker