Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked “Ferdinand Hoffstätter

maker marked “Ferdinand Hoffstätter

promoting Hurlebaus from Feldwebel to Oberfeldwebel

Commemorative Medal of the Battle of Dukla Pass 1944 (Pamětní medaile bitvy o Dukelský průsmyk)

Maker marked steel pieces by Overhoff and Cie are very rare

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked “Ferdinand Hoffstätter(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, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating