Original Items: Only One Available. This is a lovely German WWII Panzer BeVo cap eagle and cockade combined insignia, made with light gray thread embroidered on black to match the Panzerkorps uniforms and headgear. These were originally printed out on sheets, and then were cut to size and stitched to the uniform, usually folding under some of the material. This example was sewn to an overseas or field cap, which was then captured during the war and had the insignia cutoff, which was much easier to bring home than the whole cap.

The cap cut out measures approximately 2 5/8"W x 2 1/8"H, and was cut off just past the stitches holding the insignia on, so it they are the same size. The matching stitching holding it in place still looks great, though there is definitely wear to the threading on the insignia. The back of the cutoff shows glue and paint marks, so it was installed on some type of display case or board in the past.

A lovely example, ready to add to your collection!

The term panzer division (German: Panzerdivision) as commonly used in English language refers almost exclusively to the armored (tank) division in the army branch of the Wehrmacht and of NSDAP Germany during World War II. The panzer divisions were the key element of German success in the Blitzkrieg operations of the early years of the war. Later the Waffen-SS formed panzer divisions, and even the Luftwaffe fielded a panzer division, the Herman Goring Division. The term Panzerdivision is still used in today's Heer of the Bundeswehr (for example 1. Panzerdivision). In German speaking countries the term is not immediately associated with the Wehrmacht as it is in English speaking nations, as the word simply means 'armored division' and has no additional connotation.

A panzer division was a combined arms formation, having both tanks (German Panzerkampfwagen, "armored fighting vehicle", usually shortened to "Panzer") and infantry as organic components, along with artillery, anti-aircraft, signals, etc. However, the proportions of the components of a panzer division changed over time.