Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Italian Commander’s Tank Badge Auction 5 mm (w) x 53

5 mm (w) x 53 mm (h)

Instituted 15 May 1917 by Kaiser Wilhelm I

marked on reverse by Zagreb's maker "Knaus"

5 mm chocolate brown embroidered patch interlaced with silvered aluminum wire and slotted in the centre for placement around a button on the shoulder

Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Italian Commander’s Tank Badge Auction 5 mm (w) x 53In bronze gilt with red and black enamels, illustrating a dragon hovering over a tank, surrounded by an open ended wreath of oak leaves, inscribed "FERREA MOLE FERREO CVORE" (Iron Heart, Iron Mole), measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 31. 5 mm (h), slide locking horizontal pinback, intact enamels, in its original glassine package of issue, mint.