Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Hold overlaid by a vertical sword

overlaid by a vertical sword bearing a sunwheel-style swastika at the ricasso

and being promoted to Hauptmann/Captain on 1

on 9 and 27 January 1945

5 cm (h) x 18 cm (w)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Hold overlaid by a vertical sword(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