Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Frank & Reif United Republic of They arrived on a hill

They arrived on a hill overlooking the river

50 x 72 mm (inclusive of wreath suspension) modern issue

He was to be Lieutenant

Throughout repeated attacks on the following night by numerically superior enemy forces of approximately battalion strength

inscribed "TORRICELLA PELIGNA" above and "FEBBRAIO 1913" (February 1913) below

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, By Frank & Reif United Republic of They arrived on a hill(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with