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Condition: Excellent
Maker: JFS
Base Material: Zinc
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Product Description: This 25 Engagement Panzer Assault Badge in Silver is an outstanding example of this rare and extremely desirable combat award. It’s made of zinc, as all of these were. The obverse is stunning, with exceptional original finish. The silver on the wreath and eagle is bright and vibrant, with near-perfect original luster. The crisply detailed tank is virtually pristine, with full original darkening. The black paint in the “25” box is intact. This badge does not appear to have ever been worn. The reverse of this 25 Engagement Panzer Assault Badge is also nearly flawless, with great finish. There is no maker mark, but this variant is known to have been produced by JFS. The hardware is textbook for this maker, with correct aluminum rivets, and crimped in hinge and catch plates. The banjo style attachment pin functions as it should. This is a really nice badge, that would be very tough to upgrade. The condition rates as excellent plus.
Historical Description: The Numbered Panzer Assault Badge was instituted on June 22, 1943. The instituting of the new grades of the Panzer Assault Badge was in a direct response to the increasing number of soldiers which had continued to tally “combat days” after they had met the initial requirements of the standard version. The different grades created by the German High Command were “25”, “50”, “75”, & “100”. The requirements for the Numbered Panzer Assault Badge was very similar to the standard version except the number of combat days required corresponded to the number of the award. For example, the Panzer Assault Badge with a “25” box would have required the soldier to have 25 combat assaults on 25 different days. Many soldiers in the German Army did not live to see the required “combat days” for the higher grades, most specifically the “75” & “100” grades.
The numbered grades used the same design pattern as the standard version. However, these grades of the Panzer Assault Badge have more enhanced features such as enlarged tank, wreath, and eagle, plus the addition of a number box at the bottom of the wreath to denote grade.
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