Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold The reverse bears the mark

The reverse bears the mark “SMF SOLINGEN D

It was granted for outstanding services in the railway aspect of the war

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

(Leutnant des Trains Schulterklappen)

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

Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold The reverse bears the mark(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