Original German WWII Silver Grade Panzer Assault Tank Badge by Rudolf Richter of Schlag - Solid Back Version Category_Fusee Spring & Cover North Vietnam suffered tremendous casualties

North Vietnam suffered tremendous casualties

In expressing my excellent respect

The trigger guard has had some repair and four small securing screws have been added very probably during working life

It has a nice typical French carved "Bird's head" wood grip on the stock

the exterior and bottom of the interior were painted black in "field repaint" style

Original German WWII Silver Grade Panzer Assault Tank Badge by Rudolf Richter of Schlag - Solid Back Version Category_Fusee Spring & Cover North Vietnam suffered tremendous casualtiesOriginal Items: Only One Available. The Panzer Badge (German: Panzerkampfabzeichen) was a World War II German military decoration awarded to troops in armored divisions. The Panzer Badge was introduced on 20 December 1939, in order to recognize the achievements of Panzer personnel who took part in armored assaults. It was designed by the Berlin firm of Wilhelm Ernst Peekhaus, and was instituted by order of Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch. On 6