Description
with crossed branches of laurel leaves at the base
small stamping indentation evident on the reverse of the star point at 8:30 o'clock
"u" having been inverted by engraver
He died at the age of 89 in 1962
marked on reverse with logo of manufacturer Funke and Brüninghaus
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tank Destruction Badge, Silver Grade, by Moritz Hausch visually-hidden with crossed branches of laurel(Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silver aluminum wire tresse, the obverse trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with machine embroidered black borders, pinned with a central patinated magnetic steel Panzer IV, affixed with all three attachment prongs to a magnetic steel backplate, the reverse retaining a black canvas liner, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Moritz Hausch, Pforzheim, the