Desirable - Bronze Panzer Assault Badge by Wurster
Type I, Solid Buntmetall & Minty - Panzerkampfabzeichen by Karl Wurster of Markneukirchen. Instituted December 20, 1939, the Panzer Assault Badge was awarded to those who had either; taken part in three armored assaults in three different days, had been wounded in the course of an assault or who had earned a bravery decoration in the course of an assault. The bronze class was presented to the Panzergrenadier regiments, tank assault crew, armored reconnaissance units, and medical personnel who went into battle in armored vehicles. It is constructed out of a die struck solid buntmetall base that has been bronze washed and chemically burnished. The obverse depicts a panzer tank, above a grass field (“chaos Grass pattern”), which is beneath a national closed winged eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons and is all surrounded by an oval laurel leaf wreath that is tied together at the bottom. The fullback reverse is maker marked: “w” and shows the correct; soldered-on block hinge, soldered-on round wire “?” shaped catch and sturdy tombak round wire pin. It measures 2 3/8 inches tall by 1 5/8 inches wide. Weighs 37g. One of the most desirable PAB’s…
| Rating: | Mint- |
| Item Number: | M-39846 |
| Price: | $799.95 USD |
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