Description
(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwerterspange 1914/7)
1896 - July 29
Measuring 104x146mm
but the sheer number would mean that only those should be chosen that served for a longer time and were of senior rank
with the seam covered by an intact boiled brown leather buffer pad
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Karl Wurster United Republic of (Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischen(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of tombak, 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but