Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Late-War Type E by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden The cockade demonstrates possible modification

The cockade demonstrates possible modification or replacement

the reverse marked with code “8” for maker Ferdinand Hoffstätter

An iron medallion made to mock Gabriele D’Annuzio who switched his stance from an avid advocator against war to making anti-Austria war speeches

Sometime during the 1990's

the Collar Tab with its original pin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, Late-War Type E by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden The cockade demonstrates possible modification(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 Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse hollow, with an oval shaped crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked