Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold (1879 issue)

(1879 issue)

The reverse bears the mark “SMF SOLINGEN D

circumscribed by an inscription of ‘DIE “EISERNE DRITTE” IM EINSATZ GEGEN ENGLAND - RENNES’ (‘THE “IRON THIRD” IN DEPLOYMENT AGAINST ENGLAND - RENNES’)

as well as for the Hermann Göring Panzer Division on the Overseas and Field Caps

A Heer EM/NCO’s overseas cap

Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold (1879 issue)(Panzerkampfabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 25). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink; the obverse consisting of a border of oak leaves with a box at the base displaying the numeral 25, with a Panzer superimposed in the centre rolling over wooden logs, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge; the reverse plain with a vertical banjo style pin, a crimped sheet metal hinge, and a repaired replaced crimped (now glued) catch; with two