Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac promoting Hurlebaus from Feldwebel to

promoting Hurlebaus from Feldwebel to Oberfeldwebel

Maker marked steel pieces by Overhoff and Cie are very rare

The ribbon is constructed of black-white-red-white-black vertically ribbed weaving

was transferred to the Casualty Clearing Station on the 25th

presenting mild loss of gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac promoting Hurlebaus from Feldwebel to(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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating