Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 5 cm-long polished magnetic steel

5 cm-long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge

An Army Meritorious Service Medal to the 4th Battery R

bearing the dates 1434 1922

an excellent example of top quality

Footnote: James Murphy joined the Royal Marines as a Drummer in July 1858

Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 5 cm-long polished magnetic steel(Panzerkampfabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 25). Constructed of silvered and patinated 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; the reverse plain with a vertical banjo style pin, a crimped sheet metal hinge, and a repaired replaced crimped (now glued) catch; with two