Panzer Assault Badge, and the 3rd Waffen SS Totenkopf Division

This badge was found in the positions of the 3rd Waffen SS division, Totenkopf, in the Demyansk Pocket of Russia. During Soviet the winter counter-offensive of 1941, the division was encircled for several months near Demyansk in what became known as the Demyansk Pocket.. At Demyansk, about 80% of its men were killed, wounded or missing in action.

The Panzer Assault Badge is in the Silver form, awarded to tank crew members who survived three armored combat assaults against the enemy.