Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, B.h. Mayer Design United Republic of maker marked “0

maker marked “0

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

with an "Attack Expected at Trout River Lines"

however its name was changed to the National Order of Merit in 1929

03 mm x 42

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, B.h. Mayer Design United Republic of maker marked “0(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