Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne Auction Archive on a forest green wool

on a forest green wool base

The German letter is dated to Berlin on 23 January 1869 and was sent on behalf of the minister of clergy

It is unsharpened with a semi sharp tip

the obverse centre bears the right facing bust of Georg Herzog Duke of Saxony

inscribed “Schiess-Prämie der Militair Schiessschule” while reverse features right-facing bust of Kaiser Friedrich III with title

Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne Auction Archive on a forest green wool(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