BACKGROUND: The Panzer Assault badge in bronze was introduced by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch on June 1^ST 1940 for award to Panzer-Grenadier, medical, and armored car personnel who participated in three different armored assaults on three different days. The design of the badge was identical to the earlier instituted Panzer Assault Badge in silver for Panzer personnel except for the coloration.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Nicely detailed, die stamped, hollow backed, alloy award with a bronze washed finish is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, superimposed to the top center, encompassing the cut-out, forward profile of a tank. The wreath, eagle and tank all show nice detailing. The only hints of the age and usage darkened bronze wash are visible and the badge has tarnished to a rusty toned flat matte grey. The reverse of the badge is a mirror image of the obverse. The reverse has a solid, soldered hinge on a large rectangular base plate, a thin round vertical pin and a soldered catch on a circular base plate all intact. The badge has no visible manufacturing markings but is a 2nd pattern "Daisy" manufactured by Hymmen.

GRADE **1/2                             PRICE $280.00