Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With Award Documents Hold the panels are rolled up

the panels are rolled up and secured in place by dual black bakelite buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

dated 23 September 1942 and issued from Düsseldorf

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

the other with one of two push pin points intact

78 mm (w) x 18

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With Award Documents Hold the panels are rolled up(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