Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Badge, Bronze Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive Footnote: The Signum Laudis Medal

Footnote: The Signum Laudis Medal was established in June 1923 and was identical for military and civilians

in Berlin 1937

(WILLIAM VAUGHAN)

with correct four pins on reverse (one is detached

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Badge, Bronze Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive Footnote: The Signum Laudis Medal(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central Panzer IV on grassy ground, with its left tread extending beyond the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics