BACKGROUND: The Panzer Assault badge in bronze was introduced by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch on June 1ST 1940 for award to Panzer-Grenadier, medical, and armored car personnel who participated in three different armored assaults on three different days. The design of the badge was identical to the earlier instituted Panzer Assault Badge in silver for Panzer personnel except for the coloration.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Die struck, solid backed, alloy award with a bronze finish. The badge is in the form of a vertically oval oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, superimposed to the top center, encompassing the forward profile of a tank. The plain reverse has a crimped, soldered hinge in a rectangular recess, a thin round vertical pin and a soldered catch inset in an oval recess all intact. The reverse is well marked with embossed, manufacturer's initials and date, "FLL 43" with each letter having a separate circular border indicating manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid in 1943.