Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif United Republic of 1957 Issue - Official denazified

1957 Issue -  Official denazified "1957" issue for Veterans wear (as WWII awards were not allowed for wear)

private manufacture

25 cm (w) x 146 cm (l)

Constructed of three white gull-shaped patches sewn onto a dark blue wool backer

marked “Hoffstätter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif United Republic of 1957 Issue - Official denazified(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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, unmarked but