Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With Award Documents Hold flanked by the letters M

flanked by the letters M T for Maria Theresia

78 mm (w) x 18

the other with one of two push pin points intact

modelled on those of their respective armies

Thoma was promoted to Generalleutnant (lieutenant general) in August of 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With Award Documents Hold flanked by the letters M(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with an oval crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire