Germany, Federal Republic. A Special Grade Tang Badge For 25 Panzer Engagements, Alternative 1957 Version Auction Archive France: War Cross 1914-1918 (bronze

France: War Cross 1914-1918 (bronze

Szulewski died on April 22

so that shortly before the outbreak of the Second War he reached the rank of Colonel in the Wehrmacht

in gilded bronze and enamels

Germany, Federal Republic. A Special Grade Tang Badge For 25 Panzer Engagements, Alternative 1957 Version Auction Archive France: War Cross 1914-1918 (bronze(Panzerkampfabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 25, 1957 Version). Constructed of bronze alloy; 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 barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, measuring 46. 94 mm (w) x 54. 74 mm (h), weighing