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Condition: Excellent
Maker: Wilhelm Deumer
Base Material: Zinc
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Product Description: This Deumer Panzer Assault Badge in Bronze is a nice, complete example of a desirable variant of this popular badge. It is made of zinc, and is a less common, hollow back style. On the obverse, most of the finish has faded, as is usually the case with these zinc pieces. Traces of the original bronze finish remain in the recesses of the design, with hints of attractive gold color. The exposed zinc is gray, with a patina from age. There is some honest wear evident to the high points, but lots of crisp detail remains. The reverse of this hollow back badge also shows an old patina and traces of bronze finish. There is no maker mark, but this pattern of badge is attributed to the firm of Wilhelm Deumer in Lüdenscheid. The hardware setup is textbook for this maker, and is intact and unrepaired, with a functional round wire pin, a sheet metal catch, and a block hinge on a distinctive base plate. This Deumer Panzer Assault Badge in Bronze has a great look, with what many collectors regard as just the right amount of wear- used, but not abused. The condition remains excellent.
Historical Description: The Panzer Assault Badge was instituted on December 20th, 1939. It was awarded in the silver grade to Panzer crewman who met the combat requirements. On June 1st, 1940, following the start of the blitzkrieg against France, the bronze grade was introduced to award armoured reconnaissance, motorcycle riflemen, and panzer-grenadier units. The requirements for both versions were the same, the soldier must have participated in three combat assaults on three separate days to be eligible.
The design of the Standard Panzer Assault Badge consists of an oakleaf wreath surrounding a Panzer (Tank) with the German National Eagle positioned at the top clutching a swastika. The Standard Panzer Assault Badges can still be a common occurrence at local gun and military shows even now. The German Army had tens of thousands of Panzer crewmen who became eligible for the award as the war progressed. Because of the large number of soldiers who had fulfilled the requirements to wear the award, a high demand for producing of the Panzer Assault Badge was needed. In response to this, approximately 35 manufacturers were authorized to produce the award between 1939 and 1945. Many of these manufacturers created their own version of the badge by artistically designing their own version of the eagles, wreath’s, and tanks on the badge. The design of one Panzer badge may not be identical to the next one encountered. This makes the collecting of the different manufacturers and their variants its own niche in the hobby.
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