Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, B.h. Mayer Design United Republic of with some loss of the

with some loss of the black finish on the Iron Cross

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

Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1987 and awarded in one grade

the warship's Catholic chaplain

with an "Attack Expected at Trout River Lines"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, B.h. Mayer Design United Republic of with some loss of the(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