Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Fritz Zimmermann Province of China and thick wire catch along

and thick wire catch along with two downward-facing S-shaped hooks for secure attachment to an uniform

two bronze stars on its original ribbon with brooch pinback)

the crown of which bears a transparent rhomboid moisture guard with a maker’s mark of “ORIGINAL SCHELLENBERG

The villages in the wider surrounding area of the forest were mostly friendly to the partisans

1st Bersaglieri Cap Badge (in die-stamped bronze with black enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, by Fritz Zimmermann Province of China and thick wire catch along(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 and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong