Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed 5th Field Company

5th Field Company

was posted to France with the 6th Black Watch in January 1940

illustrating the left-facing head of Princess Mary in the centre

the obverse shows a black enamelled cross pattée over a red enamelled field

and head for home

Germany, Heer. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed 5th Field Company(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge, topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with the logo of maker E.