Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Archive maker marked on reverse “Brehmer

maker marked on reverse “Brehmer

This is an extremely well-preserved NS-Reichskriegerbund (National Socialist Reich Warriors League) member’s visor cap

was named after him

post-1918 reissue)

Footnote: Waldemar von Gazen (1917–2014) fought in Poland

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Archive maker marked on reverse “Brehmer(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed 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 central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge situated within a circular crimped base and vertical pinback meeting a