Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of stamped "18"

stamped "18"

entitled to the medal and the clasp

a large rowboat with nine people aboard in the foreground

The German soldier who carries this safe conduct is using it as a sign of his genuine wish to give himself up

the Allied naval command was dissolved

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth United Republic of stamped "18"(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, with a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the