Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Karl Wurster visually-hidden 249th Tank Battalion (bronze gilt

249th Tank Battalion (bronze gilt with black and yellow enamels

along with six old cut diamonds

The division stayed in the capital area until December 1936

in typical Godet

fraying and tearing evident

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Karl Wurster visually-hidden 249th Tank Battalion (bronze gilt(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but