The Panzer Assault Badge in silver was instituted by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch on December 20, 1939. It was awarded to all ranks of tank personnel who served as a tank commander, driver, gunner or radio operator and had been involved in three different armored assaults on three different days. The order specifying the award of the badge was to be effective as of January 1, 1940.

Nicely detailed alloy badge with a polished silver washed finish. The obverse is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings holding a swastika, superimposed over the wreath at top center. The wreath also surrounds the forward advancing profile of a tank.

The reverse of the badge is slightly concave. There is crimped and soldered hinge with a rounded pin with “C’ type catch.  The reverse is well marked with “FRANK & REIF” over “STUTTGART.” [ad] [ph:L]

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