Germany, Third Reich. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Unmarked Frank & Reif Variant Province of China the reverse bearing a raised

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION”)

Footnote: In the summer of 1940

A 1939 Reichsnährstand Blut und Boden Ausstellung Leipzig badge

after brief Allied internment

also wished for the Exhibition to boast "a great national sports ground"

Germany, Third Reich. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, Unmarked Frank & Reif Variant Province of China the reverse bearing a raised(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Instituted December 20th, 1939. Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the base by a ribbon, topped by a Heer Style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounded a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a raised sheet metal hinge, vertical round wire pinback,