Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tank Destruction Badge, Silver Grade, by Moritz Hausch consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A similar buckle is illustrated

A similar buckle is illustrated on page 301 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

The picture is signed in black ink

Footnote: This badge was instituted by Maharaja Shri Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir in 1891

mounted to a bronze gilt crossed rifles base via two prongs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Tank Destruction Badge, Silver Grade, by Moritz Hausch consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A similar buckle is illustrated(Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silver aluminum wire tresse, the obverse trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with machine embroidered black borders, pinned with a central patinated magnetic steel Panzer IV, affixed with all three attachment prongs to a magnetic steel backplate, the reverse retaining a black canvas liner, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Moritz Hausch, Pforzheim, the