Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude the disk with two voided

the disk with two voided areas exposing a underlying white panel

rejoining the 1st Battalion on the 29th

with its period original ribbon affixed to the backplate

McNiven signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 39th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude the disk with two voided(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, 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