Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Panzer Assault Badge, Special Grade for 50 Engagements, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden the reverse inscribed “Für Treue

the reverse inscribed “Für Treue Dienste in der SS” (For Loyal Services in the SS) superimposed on the numeral “8”

First such unit was the 1st company of the 16th Regiment

with a central medallion bearing the crowned royal cypher of Duke Adolphe of Nassau

measuring 58 mm (w) x 125 mm (h)

Before it reached Hammelburg

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Panzer Assault Badge, Special Grade for 50 Engagements, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden the reverse inscribed “Für Treue(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber mit Einsatzzahl "50"). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a raised plaque bearing a raised and gilded number 50, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounding a central Panzer IV rolling over logs and with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with three visible hollow