Germany, Third Reich. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 75 Panzer Engagments, Later Semihollow Juncker Auction Archive just shy of his nineteenth

just shy of his nineteenth birthday

1820 Hannover Guelphic Order Knight’s Cross with Swords (Guelphen Orden Ritterkreuz mit Schwertern)

while the lower pockets on either side are larger and deeper and are without pleats

suspension hallmarked with French assay silver hallmarked denoting manufacture since 1838

faint contact marks but overall near mint condition

Germany, Third Reich. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 75 Panzer Engagments, Later Semihollow Juncker Auction Archive just shy of his nineteenth(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;