obtained directly from the Family: Group to Wolfgang Kuls
receiving the Assault Badge
the lining exhibiting the impressions of the once present badge and breast star of the Order
he was attached to Group 92 Bomber Command
with moderate loss of finish evident to the badge
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Cupal Version, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne GTRexclude obtained directly from the Family:(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of cupal, 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, maker marked with the logo of F.