Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed Instituted 1815

Instituted 1815

Cummings (1911-1993)

which lists him as a 2nd Class Staff Sergeant

consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms joined together with a circular oak leaf wreath

He joined the NSDAP in 1930 and the SS in 1931

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Newly Listed Instituted 1815(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, with a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring