Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold reverse presents plain with a

reverse presents plain with a centre catch for stabilization and horizontal coke bottle-shaped pin

Berlin-Charlottenburg with dark brown ink

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

1940) date stamp at the lower left

below the waterline in the after battery room

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Hold reverse presents plain with a(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