Germany. A Luftwaffe Tank Badge, Alternative 1957 Version Newly Listed 55 mm x 57 mm)

55 mm x 57 mm)

the only Alpine regiment present in Italian East Africa during the Second World War

Jean Berkwith Turnbull

and not coincidentally

Germany. A Luftwaffe Tank Badge, Alternative 1957 Version Newly Listed 55 mm x 57 mm)(Luftwaffe Panzerkampfabzeichen). Constructed of oval shaped silvered and patinated bronze; the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch; measuring 43. 05 mm (w) x 56. 55 mm (h); weighing 33. 2 grams; in mint