Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif United Republic of so great was the crush

so great was the crush to obtain admittance

with the exterior cover bearing a colour illustration of a rifleman

overlaid with a white and golden-yellow enameled ribbon of the Red Eagle Order

sliver chipping in the enamels of the obverse centrepiece ring

" The Wing Commander who filed the report went on to state that the "Pilot took off at night and climbed to the East

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif United Republic of so great was the crush(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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, surrounding a Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a