Germany, Federal Republic. A Special Grade Panzer Assault Badge For 50 Engagements, 1957 Version Auction Archive only 121 of the medals

only 121 of the medals were awarded

32 mm (w) x 56

1942 and signed in blue crayon by a Captain and the deputy battalion leader of the 1st Battalion of Infantry Regiment 389

A Militärdienstzeichen for 40 Years of Service in the Austrian Militia

This force was searched for by Bomber Command but without success

Germany, Federal Republic. A Special Grade Panzer Assault Badge For 50 Engagements, 1957 Version Auction Archive only 121 of the medals(Panzerkampfabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 50). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom with a plaque bearing a raised number 50, overlaid by a central Panzer IV rolling over logs, with is left track extending over the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets holding the obverse Panzer in place, unmarked, measuring