Attractive, 'Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze' (or: bronze-class panzer assault badge or PAB) being a neat zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) version (of the so-called: 'flat-back'-pattern) as was procuced by the: 'Alois Rettenmaier'-company

This is an attractive - and I deem only moderately used and/or worn - example of a so-called: 'Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze' (or bronze-class panzer assault badge or PAB) being a neat (typical) non-maker-marked and zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based specimen (of the so-called: 'flat-back'-pattern) that was procuced by the: 'Alois Rettenmaier'-company and that comes in an overall nice- (and I deem just moderately used- ie. worn-), condition. The badge on offer here concerns an (I deem somewhat later-war-period) zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based specimen that retains most of its (fairly light) bronze-toned finish: the piece is showing very nice detail and/or finish as to be expected (as can be seen on the pictures). The badge is still a tiny bit dirty ie. stained- and tarnished (mainly on its back) as mentioned above. As stated above, is the piece a non-maker-marked example that shows the various characteristics - such as for example the typically-shaped catch-plate set-up - as only seen on PABs as produced by the: 'Alois Rettenmaier'-company based in the town of Schwäbisch-Gmünd: it deals with a so-called: 'flat-back'-pattern award (as is uniquely numbered with the reference-number: '5.8.1' according to the excellent reference-work entitled: 'The Panzer-Assault badge of WWII' by my Belgian friend Philippe de Bock). The neat piece - which is quite pronounced - naturally shows all the details as to be expected for a badge by this particular maker. It was found as such at a German private-household and was never before part of a collection. Simply a nice and honest, bronze-class PAB by the 'Alois Rettenmaier'-company that comes in a moderately used and/or worn condition!