A First Strike Tank Badge Recovered From The Zimmermann Factory Archive scattered chipping evident on the

scattered chipping evident on the bronze finish

an Iron Cross at the base flanked by branches of oak leaves and acorns

missing its central vertical pinback

produced in the early stages of the war in stamped brass with stamped nickel centre

The 15th consisted of several bomb groups and a multitude of squadrons

A First Strike Tank Badge Recovered From The Zimmermann Factory Archive scattered chipping evident on theDie stamped silvered zinc, unmarked, 47. 2 mm x 65. 5 mm, extremely fine. Footnote: Zimmermann was a well known German manufacturer of a great variety of awards, German and International, and was destroyed in an allied bombing raid in the early 1940's on Pforzheim, Germany. Sometime in 1990, during construction on the site, a quantity of medals was discovered (about 50 kilos) and bought by eMedals. Some were in good condition, but most of the pieces