Germany, Third Reich. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 75 Panzer Engagments, Later Semihollow Juncker GTRexclude 60mm (X90mm including wreath suspension)

60mm (X90mm including wreath suspension)

Accompanied by copies from the National Archives confirming him on the roll of officers of the King's German Legion

as marked on the underside of the goblet

vertical banjo style pin with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch

It was intended to reward the National Guard of Paris for service in defence of Paris

Germany, Third Reich. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 75 Panzer Engagments, Later Semihollow Juncker GTRexclude 60mm (X90mm including wreath suspension)(Panzerkampfabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 75). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink; the obverse consisting of a border of oak leaves with a box at the base displaying the numeral 75, 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 barrel block hinge, and a flat catch on a circular base; with two rivets on the reverse;