Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With Award Documents Hold second insignia with a two-piece

second insignia with a two-piece construction

he was promoted to SS-Obersturmbannführer

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

78 mm (w) x 18

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Panzer Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, With Award Documents Hold second insignia with a two-piece(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