Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, B.h. Mayer Design United Republic of Footnote: The Oakleaves to the

Footnote: The Oakleaves to the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross were introduced on 3 June 1940

03 mm x 42

with an "Attack Expected at Trout River Lines"

with some loss of the black finish on the Iron Cross

founded in 1889

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, B.h. Mayer Design United Republic of Footnote: The Oakleaves to the(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed tombak, 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 crimped hinged and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but