Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Hold inscribed "PRINCEPS" at the left

inscribed "PRINCEPS" at the left and "IVVENTVTIS" at the right

Affixed to the handle is a period original portepee

Pre-1917 version

several of which he was Second in Command

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Souval Hold inscribed "PRINCEPS" at the left(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the