Original Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice Panzer Armored Corps wall plaque, made from a wooden backing board measuring 7 1/4"W x 7 3/4"H, which has a lovely round 4 3/4" wide Panzerkorps silvered zinc alloy plate attached to the front. It shows a line of four Panzerkampfwagen I (Panzer 1 or Pz.Kpfw. I) tanks, all with the top hatches open and the commanders riding at the top. The panzer tank commander in the foreground is holding a pennant flag, and he is wearing a "panzer beret" helmet.

Condition is very good, with a lovely patina, showing some wear through on the plating applied to the central plate. There is also a hanger loop attached to the backing for display. Definitely an interesting piece of German WWII memorabilia!

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.