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March 2022 Auction Day 1
Lot 124:
Set After a German Tanker.
1.) Panzer Assault Badge in Bronze (Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze).
The Panzer Assault Badge in silver was instituted by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch on December 20th 1939 for award to all ranks of tank personnel who served as a tank commander, driver, gunner or radio operator and had been involved in three different armored assaults on three different days.The institution order indicated the criteria for award of the badge was to be effective as of January 1st 1940.On June 1st 1940 a Bronze version of the Panzer Assault Badge was introduced for award to Panzer-Grenadier, medical, and armored car personnel who participated in three different armored assaults on three different days.
Die stamped, hollow backed, tombak award with a bronze finish is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons, superimposed to the top center, encompassing the cut-out, forward profile of a tank.The wreath, eagle and tank all show good detailing. The reverse of the badge is a mirror image of the obverse. Ball hinge remain but thecatch and pin is missing.
2.) A 20th Anniversary Badge of the Battle of Tannenberg
A 20th Anniversary badge of the Battle of Tannenberg (1914-1934) in die stamped bronze; horizontal pin missing, unmarked, measuring 40 mm x 30 mm.
The Battle of Tannenberg was a battle of the First War that occurred in Ostpreussen (East Prussia) between August 26, 1914 and August 30, 1914 between Germany and Russia. The German side had 153,000 men at the disposal, while the Russians had 191,000. The battle ended with a German victory, with heavy casualties on both sides.
3.) NSDAP Sympathizers badge, stickpin 50mm.
4.) A cufflink for a shirt with a stylized skull and crossbones.
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