with 100% crossgraining and retaining its needle-like tip
as well as a recessed blue felt medal bed
along with personalized certificates signed by the Governor General
The Military Merit Medal was modeled after the French Médaille Militaire and was awarded mostly to Enlisted Men for valour in combat
gilt lettering on the obverse centrepiece
Germany, Federal Republic. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 50 Engagements, 1957 Version GTRexclude with 100% crossgraining and retaining(Panzerkampfabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 50). Constructed of silvered and patinated bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a raised plaque bearing a number 50, with a central Panzerkampfwagen IV with treads extending over the edge of the wreath, the reverse with two visible rivets holding the obverse tank in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring