Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagements, By Josef Feix & Söhne United Republic of A HJ proficiency badge

A HJ proficiency badge

and decorations of a First and Second War German pilot

measuring 33 mm (w) x 66 mm (h)

with a 50 mm long needle pin

along with an "8" and " '42" (the re-issue date of 1942)

Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagements, By Josef Feix & Söhne United Republic of A HJ proficiency badge(Wehrmacht Heer Panzerkampfabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 25). Instituted in June 1943 by Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1943 1945). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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, he reverse plain with a vertical banjo style pin, a crimped barrel