Condition: Excellent
Maker: Gustav Brehmer
Pattern: 25
Base Material: Zinc
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Product Description: This rare 25 Engagement Panzer Assault Badge in Silver has a nice, crisp, detailed look, with smooth, clean surfaces. The badge is made of two separate die struck zinc pieces, which are held together by two flattened hollow rivets that are visible on the reverse. It’s maker marked on the back of the tank with the initials “G.B.” in raised lettering, indicating manufacture by the firm of Gustav Brehmer in Markneukirchen. As with 95% of the late war numbered Panzer Assault Badges produced by Brehmer, most of the silver wash over the zinc base metal is gone. The only silver remaining can be seen on the brass-based attachment hardware on the reverse. The darkened tank emblem retains almost all of its original dark burnishing. The brass “25” number box is crisp, and textbook for this variant, and is firmly secured to the badge with a hollow rivet on the badge’s reverse. All of the original fine detail is present. The reverse hardware is complete and correct for this maker. It’s an all-original badge, with no sign of repair. This 25 Engagement Panzer Assault Badge is a great, honest example, that remains in excellent condition.
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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