Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold He returned to base to

He returned to base to rejoin his unit on the 8th

(PAnzerkampfabzeichen) Instituted 20 December 1939 by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Braunchitsch

1940) date stamp at the lower left

This is Volume 1 of a three volume collection known as "The Cross of Sacrifice Series"

1890- In brass

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold He returned to base to(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 ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the A inside