Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Richter consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac RFA as a Second Lieutenant

RFA as a Second Lieutenant

(Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

The reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “MAX WEYERSBERG

61 mm (h - inclusive of integral arc)

observation posts were established along the Bree-Helchteren road

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Rudolf Richter consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac RFA as a Second Lieutenant(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered 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, surrounding 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, maker marked with the