Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and eight Small Photographs (black

and eight Small Photographs (black and white

the doctor describing it as "Erysipelas" (an acute infection typically with a skin rash

and deployed on the Eastern Front

The first postcard illustrates an airman wearing an Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 and the Bavarian Pilot's Badge on his left breast

and carries a facsimile of the Supreme Commander West

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Friedrich Orth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and eight Small Photographs (black(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, around 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 round wire catch, maker marked with the logo