Luftwaffe Combat Tank Badge

Luftwaffe Combat Tank Badge

TANK ASSOULT BADGE SILVER (Panzerkampfabzeichen)

 Excellent reproduction of the German badge established from November 3, 1944, by Reichsmarshall Goring for the tanks unit of Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe. According to the first rules of 1939, the silver class could be assigned to officers, NCO and troops in the role of tank commander, cannons, radio operators and drivers of the Panzertruppen. The criteria for the assignment, which will be modified during the war along with the electors, in 1940 were:

• having taken part in three assaults with the tank in three different days;
• being injured during an assault;
• have been awarded a decoration for courage in an attack.