Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, B.h. Mayer Design United Republic of with an "Attack Expected at

with an "Attack Expected at Trout River Lines"

A Bronze Grade Tank Assault Badge

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

with some loss of the black finish on the Iron Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, B.h. Mayer Design United Republic of with an "Attack Expected at(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