Panzer badge or tank badge firstly appeared in World War 1 and reactivated in Spanish civil war (which Germany also participated).
Wehrmacht silver panzer assault badge itself was first introduced in 20 December 1939, which awarded to tank crews who successfully fulfilled their mission during the invasion of Poland few months before.
Panzer badge was designed by Ernst Peekhaus from Berlin; the production of this badge was ordered by Wehrmacht commander Colonel General Walther von Brauchitsch.
Another class of this medal which was made from bronze was introduced on June 6 1940, which added as an award for the crew of other armoured vehicles (assault gun, halftrack, etc).
| The shape of panzer badge itself is oval surrounded by the oak leaves circle, 5 leaves on the left side and 4 leaves on the right side.
At the bottom of the badge the oak leaves was tied. |
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A tank comes out from the oak leaves circle facing forward from left side to the right side of the oak leaves, an area under the tank look like grass on a soil, the left track of the tank cover the right side of the oak leaves and at the top of the badge there is an eagle with its wings folded down, and its legs held a Nazi swastika.
Requirements criteria of this award are:
- Take part in three assaults using armoured vehicle in three different days.
- Wounded during an armoured assault using armoured vehicles.
- Received an award for bravery in armoured assault.
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Silver panzer badge is awarded to the tank commander, gunner or radio operator; while bronze panzer badge is awarded to panzer grenadier regiments, assault gun crew, armoured reconnaissance vehicle unit and medical personnel that participated in combat with armoured vehicles.
The panzer badge award must be approved by the commander of the tank division. |
As the war continues, it was realised that one panzer badge is no longer enough as there are more and more tank crew veterans that involved in various battles which involved tanks and armoured vehicles. On June 1943, four classes of panzer badge with number 25, 50, 75 and 100 which symbolise the number of participated battles by the recipients was introduced.
The shape of this panzer badge is same with the pre – June 1943 badge. This new badge has a small box with the class number inside the box. The box itself is located at the bottom of the oak leaves circle. The size of the panzer badge number 25 and 50 are slightly larger than the old badge, while the badge number 75 and 50 are also slightly larger than the panzer badge number 25 and 50.
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