Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Hold with a superimposed central red

with a superimposed central red enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials

in order to have control over the Arabian Peninsula and to facilitate the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca

on 9 and 27 January 1945

and being promoted to Hauptmann/Captain on 1

1943 by an SS-Obersturmführer of SS-Sondereinsatz-Kommando R/Süd (Feldpost number 10582)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade, by Frank & Reif Hold with a superimposed central red(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 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 emanating from a